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Se va la vida

Music by Edgardo Donato, lyrics by María Luisa Carnelli. 5 recordings in our catalogue, 1930–1961.
1930: 1 · danced 0 times1936: 1 · danced 6 times1950: 1 · danced 21 times1959: 1 · danced 0 times1961: 1 · danced 0 times
1930’40’501961
records madedanced on film, by the record’s year· our catalogue

1930: 1, 0; 1936: 1, 6; 1950: 1, 21; 1959: 1, 0; 1961: 1, 0

  1. Edgardo Donato recorded it in 1936, 1950 and 1961.

    How we know

    Takes in our catalogue by the same orchestra in different years; the canon’s first orchestra is named.

Se va la vida is a tango.

Se va la vida was published in 1929.

Se va la vida was composed by Edgardo Donato and Roberto Zerrillo.

The lyrics of Se va la vida are by María Luisa Carnelli.

every sentence cites a published fact

Credit

Music
Edgardo Donato
Lyrics
María Luisa Carnelli

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Every recording

5 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 17 more we know of

1930’40’50’60

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

  1. Edgardo DonatoHoracio Lagos · RCA Victor · Oct 7
    6 dances
    1936
  2. Edgardo DonatoMost dancedCarlos Almada · Pampa · Oct 16
    21 dances
    1950
  3. Edgardo DonatoAndrés Galarce · RCA Victor · Nov 1
    Not danced on film yet
    1961
  4. Alfredo De AngelisJuan Carlos Godoy · Odeon · Apr 6
    Not danced on film yet
    1959
  5. Orquesta Donato-ZerrilloEarliest we holdLuis Díaz · Mar 11
    Not danced on film yet
    1930
  6. Edgardo Donato, Roberto ZerrilloNot in our catalogueLuis Díaz1929
  7. Eduardo BiancoNot in our catalogue1929
  8. Azucena MaizaniNot in our catalogue1930
  9. Edgardo Donato, Roberto ZerrilloNot in our catalogueLuis Díaz1930
  10. BachichaNot in our catalogue1930
  11. BachichaNot in our catalogueEmilia García1930
  12. BachichaNot in our catalogue-unspecified female-, -unspecified male-1930
  13. -unspecified guitars-Not in our catalogueAgustín Magaldi1930
  14. -unspecified orchestra-Not in our catalogueAzucena Maizani1930
  15. -unspecified guitars-Not in our catalogueImperio Argentina1931
  16. Agustín MagaldiNot in our catalogue
  17. Agustín Magaldi, Pedro NodaNot in our catalogue
  18. Azucena MaizaniNot in our catalogue
  19. Cristóbal RepettoNot in our catalogue
  20. BachichaNot in our catalogue

Danced to it

Music from 1930–1961 · danced on film 2008–2018

20082018
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2008: 3, 2009: 1, 2010: 1, 2011: 3, 2012: 3, 2013: 2, 2014: 3, 2016: 1, 2018: 1

Luis Bianchi & Daniela Pucci2008 · 2:35

Through the decades

  1. The 2000sLuis Bianchi & Daniela Pucci2008
  2. The 2010sGustavo Naveira & Giselle Anne2014
Data: recordings, facts and sources

In other catalogues3

TodoTango · tema/1983

Single source

tango.info · T0370027001

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MusicBrainz · 24da12d1-6242-3f4f-8394-972782cf495csource

Single source

Is a1

Is a Tango

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Published1

Published 1929

Single source

Composer2

Composed by Edgardo Donato

Sources disagree

Composed by Roberto Zerrillo

Sources disagree

Lyricist1

Lyrics by María Luisa Carnelli

Single source

Listen

  1. Se va la vidaLuis Díaz · no clip yet1930
  2. Se va la vidaEdgardo Donato · Horacio Lagos1936
  3. Se va la vidaEdgardo Donato · Carlos Almada1950
  4. Se va la vidaAlfredo De Angelis · Juan Carlos Godoy · no clip yet1959
  5. Se va la vidaEdgardo Donato · Andrés Galarce1961

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