Song
La luz de un fósforo
Who recorded it
Every version2Earliest we hold: Aníbal Troilo, 1943
Versions of La luz de un fósforo recorded 1943–1969
La luz de un fósforo was composed by Alberto Suárez Villanueva.
La luz de un fósforo is a tango.
La luz de un fósforo was published in 1943.
The lyrics of La luz de un fósforo are by Enrique Cadícamo.
The song
The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.
2 orchestras recorded it
21 Dances filmed to it
Who wrote it
- Music
- Alberto Suárez Villanueva
- Words
- Enrique Cadícamo
- Written
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- First played
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Source: TangoCloud catalogue
Lyrics
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Nos encontramos, tú y yo, y a conversar nos detuvimos. Un algo raro tenías cuando callabas, cuando reías... La esgrima sentimental al fin surgió la tarde aquella. Después... ¡qué poco quedó! El viento todo lo llevó... La luz de un fósforo fue nuestro amor pasajero. Duró tan poco... lo sé... como el fulgor que da un lucero... La luz de un fósforo fue, nada más, nuestro idilio. Otra ilusión que se va del corazón y que no vuelve más. En todo, siempre el color es del cristal con que se mira. De rosa, yo te veía, cuando callabas, cuando reías. Después, con otro cristal, cambió el color y ya no eras... La vida es toda ilusión y un prisma es el corazón.
English · machine translation
We meet, you and I, and to talk we stopped. There was something strange about you when you were silent, when you laughed... Sentimental fencing finally emerged that afternoon. Afterwards... how little was left! The wind carried it all away... The light of a match was our fleeting love. It lasted as little... I know... as the glow of a star... The light of a match was, nothing more, our idyll. Another illusion that leaves from the heart and never comes back. In everything, always the color is of the glass with which you look at it. In pink, I saw you when you were silent, when you laughed. Later, with a different glass, the color changed and you were no longer... Life is all illusion and a prism is the heart.
Every version
Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone
2 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 7 more we know of
a version people dance tono Dances matched yet: something to listen to
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- Aníbal TroiloEarliest we holdMost dancedLa luz de un fósforoAníbal TroiloAlberto MarinotangoRCA Victor21 dances1943
- Horacio SalganLa luz de un fósforoHoracio SalganEdmundo RiverotangoPhilipsNo match yet1969
- Ruth DuranteNot in our catalogue1965
- Orquesta Típica PorteñaNot in our catalogueRoberto Goyeneche · May 71970
- Horacio SalgánNot in our catalogueMar 71981
- Floreal RuízNot in our catalogue
- Roberto GoyenecheNot in our catalogue
- Ruth DuranteNot in our catalogue
- María VolontéNot in our catalogue
One recording
A dated take, with its sound and the couples dancing it.
Couples filmed dancing this recording · 19 Performances
Danced to it
Music from 1943–1969 · danced on film 2015–2024
2015: 1, 2016: 2, 2017: 3, 2018: 1, 2019: 1, 2022: 2, 2024: 2
Where it is danced
The places our videos show it danced, by performances filmed there.
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.
3 of 5 complete sets on film
Carlitos Espinoza and Noelia Hurtado
2016 · In upload order: nobody has said the order danced
- 1De pura cepaAníbal Troilo, 1942
- 2Cabeza de noviaJuan D'Arienzo, 1938
- 3La luz de un fósforoAníbal Troilo, 1943
- 4ChiquéOsvaldo Pugliese, 1953
Aldana Silveyra and Diego Ortega
In upload order: nobody has said the order danced
- 1ContratiempoAníbal Troilo, 1952
- 2InolvidableJuan D'Arienzo, 1936
- 3La luz de un fósforoAníbal Troilo, 1943
Karina Colmeiro and Rodrigo Palacios
2019 · In upload order: nobody has said the order danced
- 1Sin rumbo fijoTípica Victor, 1938
- 2Que Dios te ayudeJuan D'Arienzo, 1939
- 3La luz de un fósforoAníbal Troilo, 1943
Read more
- EntryAlberto Suárez VillanuevaPerson
- EntryEnrique CadícamoPerson
- EntryLa luz de un fósforo · Horacio Salgan · 1969Recording
- EntryOrquídeas a la luz de la luna · Florindo Sassone · 1974Recording
- EntryFosforerita · Francisco Canaro · 1926Recording
- EntryA media luz · Francisco Canaro · 1951Recording
- EntryOrquídeas a la luz de la luna · Florindo Sassone · 1968Recording
- EntryA media luz · Francisco Canaro · 1926Recording
every sentence cites a published fact
Data: recordings, facts and sources
Composer1
Composed by Alberto Suárez Villanueva
In other catalogues3
TodoTango · tema/509
tango.info · T0370205836
MusicBrainz · dcc052a1-4913-40e2-9f44-175ff2909299source
Is a1
Is a Tango
Published1
Published 1943
Lyricist1
Lyrics by Enrique Cadícamo
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