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Song

La viruta

Music by Vicente Greco. 19 recordings in our catalogue, 1933–2005.

Versions of La viruta recorded 1933–2005

La viruta was composed by Vicente Greco.

La viruta is a tango.

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

15 orchestras recorded it

30 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Vicente Greco
Words
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Written
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First played
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Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Every version

Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone

The catalogue holds 19 recordings of this song by 15 orchestras, 1933 to 2005.
1930’40’50’60’70’80’90’00
Recordings of La viruta by year, taller the more they are danced · 19 of 19 recordings carry a year · read Nov 1, 2026

19 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 18 more we know of

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

The leader is Alfredo Gobbi, 1947, with 47% of the 30 filmed dances matched to a version of this song.

92 more dances name this song but not which version, so no share counts them. “No match yet” means no filmed dance is tied to that version so far, not that nobody dances it. Dances whose music we have not identified are left out.

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

  1. Alfredo GobbiMost dancedLa virutaAlfredo Gobbisinger unknowntango
    14 dances · 47%
    1947
  5. Quinteto Don Pancho (Francisco Canaro)La virutaQuinteto Don Pancho (Francisco Canaro)singer unknowntangoOdeon
    1 dance · 3%
    1938
  6. Donato RacciattiLa virutaDonato Racciattisinger unknowntango
    1 dance · 3%
    1972
  7. Miguel OrlandoEarliest we holdLa virutaMiguel Orlandosinger unknowntango
    No match yet
    1933
  8. Rodolfo BiagiLa virutaRodolfo BiagiinstrumentaltangoOdeon
    No match yet
    1948
  9. Enrique MoraLa virutaEnrique Morainstrumentaltango
    No match yet
    1952
  10. Armando PontierLa virutaArmando Pontierinstrumentaltango
    No match yet
    1955
  11. Mariano MoresLa virutaMariano Moressinger unknowntango
    No match yet
    1966
  12. Héctor VarelaLa virutaHéctor Varelainstrumentaltango
    No match yet
    1967
  13. Florindo SassoneLa virutaFlorindo SassoneinstrumentaltangoOdeon
    No match yet
    1970
  14. Orquesta Típica Fernández FierroLa virutaOrquesta Típica Fernández Fierrosinger unknowntango
    No match yet
    2001
  15. Orquesta Típica SilencioLa virutaOrquesta Típica Silenciosinger unknowntango
    No match yet
    2005
  16. Juan Félix MaglioNot in our catalogue1912
  17. Luis PetrucelliNot in our catalogueJul 21928
  18. Miguel OrlandoNot in our catalogue1932
  19. Quinteto Don Pancho, dir. Francisco CanaroNot in our catalogueDec 131938
  20. Alfredo J. GobbiNot in our catalogueMay 161947

One recording

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

Alfredo Gobbi

La virutaAlfredo Gobbisinger unknowntango
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Couples filmed dancing this recording · 14 Performances

Agustín Agnez & Barbara FerreyraWorld Champions · Tango de Pista 20212023 · 2:22

Danced to it

Music from 1933–2005 · danced on film 2009–2025

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

2009: 1, 2010: 1, 2013: 2, 2014: 1, 2015: 1, 2021: 3, 2023: 7, 2024: 2, 2025: 2

Through the decades

  1. The 2000sGonzalo Angeles & Sabrina Tonelli2009
  2. The 2010sFabián Peralta & Josefina Bermúdez2013
  3. The 2020sAgustín Agnez & Barbara Ferreyra2023

Where it is danced

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

  1. La Viruta (Centro Armenio)Palermo
    2 performances
  2. Salón El Pial (La Baldosa)Flores
    1 performance
  3. Salón La NacionalMonserrat
    1 performance

In their words

  • I liked one milonga called La Viruta, but not today's La Viruta — the old Viruta, from La Viruta de Oro era. Or La Estrella de Maldonado.

    Me gustaba una milonga llamada La Viruta, pero no la de hoy — la vieja Viruta, de la época de La Viruta de Oro. O La Estrella de Maldonado.Tangopedia translation

    Mariana Montes · Sultanic Live Stream (Interview) with Mariana Montes

    open at 25:46
  • Y en la Viruta hay que poner un equilibrio entre los dos. La Viruta fue esto: encontrar al individuo, y también hay que sintonizarlos.

    And at La Viruta you have to find a balance between the two. That's what La Viruta was about: finding the individual, and you also have to tune in to people.Tangopedia translation

    Hernán Rodríguez · Interview to Hernan Rodriguez y Florencia Labiano.

    open at 29:02

Read more

every sentence cites a published fact

What we don't know yet3 of 4 known

The year it was written.

Data: recordings, facts and sources

Composer1

Composed by Vicente Greco

In other catalogues3

TodoTango · tema/703

tango.info · T0370030037

MusicBrainz · fd845b9d-9abc-4615-8935-f2e55048a166source

Is a1

Is a Tango

Listen

  1. La virutaMiguel Orlandosinger unknowntango
  2. La virutaJuan D'Arienzosinger unknowntangoRCA Victor
  3. La virutaQuinteto Don Pancho (Francisco Canaro)singer unknowntangoOdeon
  4. La virutaCarlos Di SarliinstrumentaltangoRCA Victor
  5. La virutaAlfredo Gobbisinger unknowntango
  6. La virutaRodolfo BiagiinstrumentaltangoOdeon
  7. La virutaCarlos Di SarliinstrumentaltangoMusic Hall
  8. La virutaEnrique Morainstrumentaltango
  9. La virutaArmando Pontierinstrumentaltango
  10. La virutaOsvaldo FresedoinstrumentaltangoOdeon
  11. La virutaOsvaldo FresedoinstrumentaltangoColumbia
  12. La virutaJuan D'Arienzosinger unknowntangoRCA Victor

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