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Condena

Music by Enrique Santos Discépolo, Francisco Pracánico, lyrics by Enrique Santos Discepolo. 3 recordings in our catalogue, 1934–1937.

Who recorded it

Every version3

Earliest we hold: Francisco Canaro, 1934

  1. Francisco CanaroRoberto Maida19341937
  2. Francisco Lomuto1937

Versions of Condena recorded 1934–1937

Condena was composed by Enrique Santos Discepolo and FRANCISCO PRACÁNICO.† The lyrics of Condena are by Enrique Santos Discepolo.†

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

2 orchestras recorded it

28 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Enrique Santos Discépolo, Francisco Pracánico
Words
Enrique Santos Discepolo
Written
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First played
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Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Lyrics

Read the lyrics on Francisco Canaro’s 1934 recording in TangoCloud

Every version

Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone

The catalogue holds 3 recordings of this song by 2 orchestras, 1934 to 1937.
1930
Recordings of Condena 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 · 7 more we know of

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.

  2. Francisco LomutoCondenaFrancisco LomutotangoRCA Victor
    1 dance
    1937
  3. Enrique Santos DiscépoloNot in our catalogueTania1937
  4. Amanda LedesmaNot in our catalogueNov 51937
  5. -unspecified orchestra-Not in our catalogueTania · Dec 291937
  6. Juan Sánchez GorioNot in our catalogueHéctor Mauré1954
  7. Amanda LedesmaNot in our catalogue
  8. Héctor MauréNot in our catalogue
  9. -unspecified orchestra-Not in our catalogueAlberto Marino
All recordings of Condena

One recording

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

Francisco Canaro

CondenaFrancisco CanarotangoOdeon
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Couples filmed dancing this recording · 27 Performances

Dante Sánchez & Roxana SuárezWorld Champion · Tango de Salón 20072025 · 4:00

Danced to it

Music from 1934–1937 · danced on film 2009–2025

20092025
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2009: 2, 2010: 2, 2011: 3, 2012: 4, 2013: 1, 2014: 2, 2015: 2, 2016: 1, 2017: 2, 2019: 1, 2020: 1, 2022: 1, 2025: 1

Through the decades

  1. The 2000sPhilippe Gonella & Céline Deveze2009
  2. The 2010sFelipe Zarzar & Mamié Sancy2011
  3. The 2020sDante Sánchez & Roxana Suárez2025

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.

2 of 2 complete sets on film

  1. Gianpiero Galdi and Lorena Tarantino

    2022 · In upload order: nobody has said the order danced

    1. 1CondenaFrancisco Canaro, 1934
    2. 2Tres recuerdosOsvaldo Fresedo, 1941
    3. 3A mis viejosAníbal Troilo, 1963
    Watch it on TangoTube

  2. Eleonora Kalganova and Michael Nadtochi

    2016 · In upload order: nobody has said the order danced

    1. 1AzulidadFrancisco Canaro, 1929
    2. 2La bicocaJuan D'Arienzo, 1940
    3. 3CondenaFrancisco Canaro, 1934
    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 catalogues2

tango.info · T0370006806

TodoTango · tema/345

Composer2

Composed by Enrique Santos Discepolo

Composed by FRANCISCO PRACÁNICO

Lyricist1

Lyrics by Enrique Santos Discepolo

Listen

  1. CondenaFrancisco CanarotangoOdeon
  2. CondenaFrancisco CanaroRoberto MaidatangoOdeon
  3. CondenaFrancisco LomutotangoRCA Victor

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