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Song

Cantando se van las penas

Music by Juan Canaro. 3 recordings in our catalogue, 1942–1943.

Who recorded it

Every version3

Earliest we hold: Francisco Canaro, 1942

  1. Aníbal TroiloAlberto Marino1943
  2. Francisco CanaroEduardo Adrian1942
  3. Francisco LomutoJorge Omar1942

Versions of Cantando se van las penas recorded 1942–1943

Cantando se van las penas was composed by Juan Canaro.†

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

3 orchestras recorded it

4 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Juan Canaro
Words
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Written
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First played
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Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Lyrics

Read the lyrics on Aníbal Troilo’s 1943 recording in TangoCloud

Every version

Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone

The catalogue holds 3 recordings of this song by 3 orchestras, 1942 to 1943.
1940
Recordings of Cantando se van las penas by year, taller the more they are danced · 3 of 3 recordings carry a year · read Nov 2, 2026

3 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube

a version people dance tono Dances matched yet: something to listen to

Choose A and B on two recordings to hear them one after the other.

  1. Aníbal TroiloMost dancedCantando se van las penasAníbal TroiloAlberto MarinotangoRCA Victor
    4 dances
    1943
  2. Francisco CanaroEarliest we holdCantando se van las penasFrancisco CanaroEduardo AdriantangoOdeon
    No match yet
    1942
  3. Francisco LomutoCantando se van las penasFrancisco LomutoJorge OmartangoRCA Victor
    No match yet
    1942
All recordings of Cantando se van las penas

One recording

A dated take, with its sound and the couples dancing it.

Aníbal Troilo

Cantando se van las penasAníbal TroiloAlberto MarinotangoRCA Victor
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Couples filmed dancing this recording · 4 Performances

German Landeira2:46

Danced to it

Music from 1942–1943 · danced on film 2015

Where it is danced

The places our videos show it danced, by performances filmed there.

  1. Salón La NacionalMonserrat
    1 performance

Filmed sets

One Couple dancing three or four songs at one Occasion, every song known. What was danced on film, not what a DJ played.

The one complete set on film

  1. German Landeira and Kei Hasegawa

    In upload order: nobody has said the order danced

    1. 1Cantando se van las penasAníbal Troilo, 1943
    2. 2Luna de plataMiguel Caló, 1943
    3. 3Ella es asíEdgardo Donato, 1938
    4. 4Comparsa criollaRicardo Tanturi, 1941
    Watch it on TangoTube

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What we don't know yet3 of 4 known

The year it was written.

Data: recordings, facts and sources

In other catalogues3

tango.info · T0370180043

TodoTango · tema/3893

MusicBrainz · 697285bf-1a5a-4dac-8bcf-25a47f5970b3source

Composer1

Composed by Juan Canaro

Listen

  1. Cantando se van las penasFrancisco CanaroEduardo AdriántangoOdeon
  2. Cantando se van las penasFrancisco LomutoJorge OmartangoRCA Victor
  3. Cantando se van las penasAníbal TroiloAlberto MarinotangoRCA Victor

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