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El pescante

Music by Sebastián Piana, lyrics by Homero Manzi. 7 recordings in our catalogue, 1934–2013.
1934: 1 · danced 0 times1943: 1 · danced 2 times1944: 1 · danced 0 times1962: 1 · danced 1 times1968: 1 · danced 0 times2009: 1 · danced 0 times2013: 1 · danced 0 times
1934’50’60’70’80’90’002013
records madedanced on film, by the record’s year· our catalogue

1934: 1, 0; 1943: 1, 2; 1944: 1, 0; 1962: 1, 1; 1968: 1, 0; 2009: 1, 0; 2013: 1, 0

El pescante is a tango.

El pescante was published in 1934.

El pescante was composed by Sebastián Piana.

The lyrics of El pescante are by Homero Manzi.

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Credit

Music
Sebastián Piana
Lyrics
Homero Manzi

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Every recording

7 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 6 more we know of

1930’40’50’60’70’80’90’00’10

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

  1. Osvaldo PuglieseAlfredo Belusi · Philips · Jun 1
    1 dance
    1962
  2. Lucio DemareMost dancedRaúl Berón · Odeon · Feb 11
    2 dances
    1943
  3. Francisco CanaroEarliest we holdErnesto Famá · Odeon · Jun 7
    Not danced on film yet
    1934
  4. Armando PontierRoberto Goyeneche · Sep 23
    Not danced on film yet
    1968
  5. Color Tango (Roberto Alvarez)Instrumental
    Not danced on film yet
    2009
  6. Alberto CastilloInstrumental · Jul 25
    Not danced on film yet
    1944
  7. Sexteto VisceralHernán Fernández
    Not danced on film yet
    2013
  8. Emilio BalcarceNot in our catalogueAlberto Castillo · Jul 251944
  9. Ricardo OliveraNot in our catalogue2009
  10. Luis CardeiNot in our catalogue
  11. Raúl LaviéNot in our catalogue
  12. Luis BordaNot in our catalogue-unspecified male-
  13. Osvaldo FresedoNot in our catalogueHéctor Pacheco

Danced to it

Music from 1934–2013 · danced on film 2009–2017

20092017
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2009: 1, 2017: 1

Oscar Mandagaran & Georgina Vargas2009 · 1:50

Through the decades

  1. The 2000sOscar Mandagaran & Georgina Vargas2009
  2. The 2010sAlison Murray & Carlos Boeri2017
Data: recordings, facts and sources

In other catalogues3

TodoTango · tema/244

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tango.info · T0370022802

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MusicBrainz · a0d4a616-37ce-4ee3-b6a1-1f2216f32f07source

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Is a1

Is a Tango

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Published1

Published 1934

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Composer1

Composed by Sebastián Piana

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Lyrics by Homero Manzi

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Listen

  1. El pescanteFrancisco Canaro · Ernesto Famá · no clip yet1934
  2. El pescanteLucio Demare · Raúl Berón1943
  3. El pescanteAlberto Castillo · Alberto Castillo1944
  4. El pescanteOsvaldo Pugliese · Alfredo Belusi1962
  5. El pescanteArmando Pontier · Roberto Goyeneche · no clip yet1968
  6. El pescanteColor Tango (Roberto Alvarez) · no clip yet2009
  7. El pescanteHernán Fernández · no clip yet2013

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