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Song

Mi castigo

Music by Julio César Sanders, lyrics by César Vedani. 2 recordings in our catalogue, 1942–1942.

Who recorded it

Every version2

Earliest we hold: Francisco Canaro, 1942

  1. Aníbal TroiloFrancisco Fiorentino1942
  2. Francisco CanaroCarlos Roldán1942

Versions of Mi castigo recorded 1942

Mi castigo is a tango.

Mi castigo was composed by Julio César Sanders.

The lyrics of Mi castigo are by César Vedani.

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

2 orchestras recorded it

7 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Julio César Sanders
Words
César Vedani
Written
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First played
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Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Lyrics

Read the lyrics on Aníbal Troilo’s 1942 recording in TangoCloud

Every version

Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone

The catalogue holds 2 recordings of this song by 2 orchestras, 1942 to 1942.
1940
Recordings of Mi castigo by year, taller the more they are danced · 2 of 2 recordings carry a year · read Nov 1, 2026

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

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

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

  1. Aníbal TroiloMost dancedMi castigoAníbal TroiloFrancisco FiorentinotangoRCA Victor
    7 dances
    1942
  2. Francisco CanaroEarliest we holdMi castigoFrancisco CanaroCarlos RoldántangoOdeon
    No match yet
    1942
  3. Orquesta Típica PorteñaNot in our catalogueRoberto Goyeneche · Aug 161978
  4. Orquesta Típica PorteñaNot in our catalogueRoberto Goyeneche
All recordings of Mi castigo

One recording

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

Aníbal Troilo

Mi castigoAníbal TroiloFrancisco FiorentinotangoRCA Victor
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Couples filmed dancing this recording · 7 Performances

Carlitos Espinoza & Noelia HurtadoMediterranean Summer Tango Festival · 2014 · 2:45

Danced to it

Music from 1942 · danced on film 2013–2023

20132023
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2013: 2, 2014: 4, 2023: 1

Through the decades

  1. The 2010sCarlitos Espinoza & Noelia HurtadoMediterranean Summer Tango Festival · 2014
  2. The 2020sMarco Evola2023

Where it is danced

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

  1. Club Sin RumboVilla Urquiza
    1 performance
  2. El Yeite Tango ClubVilla Crespo
    1 performance

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 3 complete sets on film

  1. Maja Petrović and Marko Miljevic

    2014 · In upload order: nobody has said the order danced

    1. 1La vida es una milongaPedro Laurenz, 1941
    2. 2OlvídameJuan D'Arienzo, 1939
    3. 3Mi castigoAníbal Troilo, 1942
    Watch it on TangoTube

  2. Gabriel Di Prinzio and Hebe Martinez

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

    1. 1Mi castigoAníbal Troilo, 1942
    2. 2Milonga bravaFrancisco Canaro, 1938
    3. 3Si supiera que la extrañoJuan D'Arienzo, 1945
    Watch it on TangoTube

  3. Elina Roldán and Nene Masci

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

    1. 1En la buena y en la malaDomingo Federico, 1953
    2. 2Alma míaCarlos Di Sarli, 1940
    3. 3Mi castigoAníbal Troilo, 1942
    Watch it on TangoTube

Read more

every sentence cites a published fact

What we don't know yet3 of 4 known

The year it was written.

Data: recordings, facts and sources

In other catalogues3

TodoTango · tema/5510

tango.info · T0370180667

MusicBrainz · 088c3606-12ad-4918-ae56-fd281f838f09source

Is a1

Is a Tango

Composer1

Composed by Julio César Sanders

Lyricist1

Lyrics by César Vedani

Listen

  1. Mi castigoFrancisco CanaroCarlos RoldántangoOdeon
  2. Mi castigoAníbal TroiloFrancisco FiorentinotangoRCA Victor

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