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Song

Vanidad

Music by Gerardo Matos Rodríguez. 1 recordings in our catalogue, 1939–1939.

Who recorded it

Every version1

Earliest we hold: Francisco Canaro, 1939

  1. Francisco CanaroErnesto Famá1939

Versions of Vanidad recorded 1939

Vanidad was composed by Gerardo Matos Rodríguez.†

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

1 orchestra recorded it

5 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Gerardo Matos Rodríguez
Words
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Written
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First played
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Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Lyrics

Read the lyrics on Francisco Canaro’s 1939 recording in TangoCloud

Every version

Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone

The catalogue holds 1 recordings of this song by 1 orchestras, 1939 to 1939.

1 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube

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

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  1. Francisco CanaroEarliest we holdMost dancedVanidadFrancisco CanaroErnesto FamátangoOdeon
    5 dances
    1939
All recordings of Vanidad

One recording

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

Francisco Canaro

VanidadFrancisco CanaroErnesto FamátangoOdeon
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Couples filmed dancing this recording · 4 Performances

Carlitos Espinoza & Noelia Hurtado2013 · 2:17

Danced to it

Music from 1939 · danced on film 2012–2013

20122013
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2012: 1, 2013: 1

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 3 complete sets on film

  1. Carlitos Espinoza and Noelia Hurtado

    2013 · In upload order: nobody has said the order danced

    1. 1Pa' que seguirMiguel Caló, 1943
    2. 2CastigoJuan D'Arienzo, 1939
    3. 3Parque PatriciosFrancisco Canaro, 1940
    4. 4VanidadFrancisco Canaro, 1939
    Watch it on TangoTube

  2. Ana Miguel and Oscar Casas

    In upload order: nobody has said the order danced

    1. 1La serenata de ayerJuan D'Arienzo, 1941
    2. 2Que tiempo aquelFrancisco Lomuto, 1938
    3. 3VanidadFrancisco Canaro, 1939
    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 catalogues1

tango.info · Z0999900455

Composer1

Composed by Gerardo Matos Rodríguez

Listen

  1. VanidadFrancisco CanaroErnesto FamátangoOdeon

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