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Tigre viejo

Music by Salvador Grupillo. 5 recordings in our catalogue, 1934–2021.
1934: 1 · danced 160 times1947: 1 · danced 0 times1969: 1 · danced 6 times2017: 1 · danced 37 times2021: 1 · danced 0 times
1934’50’60’70’80’90’00’102021
records madedanced on film, by the record’s year· our catalogue

1934: 1, 160; 1947: 1, 0; 1969: 1, 6; 2017: 1, 37; 2021: 1, 0

  1. Osvaldo Fresedo’s 1934 version holds 78% of its dancing (160 of 203).

    How we know

    Of the dances to its 5 recordings in our catalogue. Dances count filmed Occasions on TangoTube.

Tigre viejo was composed by Salvador Grupillo.†

Credit

Music
Salvador Grupillo

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Every recording

5 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 3 more we know of

1930’40’50’60’70’80’90’00’10’20

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

  1. Juan D'ArienzoInstrumental · RCA Victor · Sep 18
    6 dances
    1969
  2. Osvaldo FresedoEarliest we holdMost dancedInstrumental · RCA Victor · Aug 16
    160 dances
    1934
  3. Orquesta Francini-PontierJul 8
    Not danced on film yet
    1947
  4. Tango BardoJul 1
    37 dances
    2017
  5. Orquesta Típica AndariegaMar 1
    Not danced on film yet
    2021
  6. Enrique Francini, Armando PontierNot in our catalogueJul 81947
  7. Manuel PizarroNot in our catalogue1948
  8. Ensemble HyperionNot in our catalogue

Danced to it

Music from 1934–2021 · danced on film 2006–2026

20062026
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2006: 2, 2007: 3, 2008: 5, 2009: 1, 2010: 9, 2011: 11, 2012: 5, 2013: 9, 2014: 6, 2015: 8, 2016: 11, 2017: 6, 2018: 6, 2019: 20, 2020: 3, 2021: 7, 2022: 15, 2023: 7, 2024: 8, 2025: 7, 2026: 1

Maximiliano Cristiani & Juliana MaggioliWorld Champion · Tango de Pista 20132013 · 3:59

Through the decades

  1. The 2000sDante Sánchez & Indira HiayesTango Festival Karlsruhe · 2007
  2. The 2010sMaximiliano Cristiani & Juliana Maggioli2013
  3. The 2020sAgustín Agnez & Barbara Ferreyra2021

Where it is danced

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

  1. Salón CanningPalermo
    3 performances
  2. Club GricelSan Cristóbal
    1 performance
  3. Espacio Riobamba (Club Castel)Balvanera
    1 performance
  4. La Fragua CulturalAlmagro
    1 performance
  5. La Viruta (Centro Armenio)Palermo
    1 performance

What we don't know yet3 of 4 known

The year it was written.

Data: recordings, facts and sources

In other catalogues2

tango.info · T0370085236

Single source

TodoTango · tema/1763

Single source

Composer1

Composed by Salvador Grupillo

Single source

Listen

  1. Tigre viejoOsvaldo Fresedo1934
  2. Tigre viejoOrquesta Francini-Pontier1947
  3. Tigre viejoJuan D'Arienzo1969
  4. Tigre viejoTango Bardo2017
  5. Tigre viejoOrquesta Típica Andariega · no clip yet2021

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