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Fue mi salvación

Music by Ascanio Donato, lyrics by Alberto Cosentino. 2 recordings in our catalogue, 1940–1955.
1940: 1 · danced 26 times1955: 1 · danced 0 times
1940’501955
records madedanced on film, by the record’s year· our catalogue

1940: 1, 26; 1955: 1, 0

  1. Edgardo Donato recorded it in 1940 and 1955.

    How we know

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

Fue mi salvación was composed by Ascanio Donato.† The lyrics of Fue mi salvación are by Alberto Cosentino.†

Credit

Music
Ascanio Donato
Lyrics
Alberto Cosentino

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Every recording

2 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 1 more we know of

1940’50

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

  1. Edgardo DonatoEarliest we holdMost dancedHoracio Lagos · RCA Victor · Nov 22
    26 dances
    1940
  2. Edgardo DonatoRoberto Morel · Pampa · Mar 25
    Not danced on film yet
    1955
  3. Nina MirandaNot in our catalogue

Danced to it

Music from 1940–1955 · danced on film 2007–2024

20072024
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2007: 1, 2008: 1, 2009: 2, 2010: 3, 2012: 1, 2013: 5, 2014: 1, 2016: 2, 2017: 1, 2019: 1, 2024: 2

Fabián Peralta & Virginia PandolfiWorld Champion · Tango de Salón 20062009 · 2:33

Through the decades

  1. The 2000sFabián Peralta & Virginia Pandolfi2009
  2. The 2010sAlexis Quezada & Celine Giordano2016
  3. The 2020sBulent Karabagli & Karina Colmeiro2024

Where it is danced

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

  1. La Viruta (Centro Armenio)Palermo
    1 performance
  2. Salón CanningPalermo
    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 · T0370078480

Single source

TodoTango · tema/3728

Single source

Composer1

Composed by Ascanio Donato

Single source

Lyricist1

Lyrics by Alberto Cosentino

Single source

Listen

  1. Fue mi salvaciónEdgardo Donato · Horacio Lagos1940
  2. Fue mi salvaciónEdgardo Donato · Roberto Morel1955

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