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Un momento

Music by Héctor Stamponi, lyrics by Homero Expósito. 4 recordings in our catalogue, 1951–1969.

Who recorded it

Every version4

Earliest we hold: Aníbal Troilo, 1951

  1. Carlos Di SarliOscar Serpa1952
  2. Aníbal TroiloRaúl Berón1951
  3. Armando PontierRoberto Goyeneche1969
  4. Horacio SalganRoberto Goyeneche1953

Versions of Un momento recorded 1951–1969

Un momento was composed by Héctor Stamponi and Enrique Francini.†† The lyrics of Un momento are by Homero Expósito.† Un momento: The lyric of Un momento (a man saying he wants something lasting, not 'the same old story, to live a moment and then die') is called one of the most beautiful and important in tango; it shows a maturing of the Argentine man.†

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

4 orchestras recorded it

36 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Héctor Stamponi
Words
Homero Expósito
Written
not yet cited · help fill it
First played
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Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Lyrics

Read the lyrics on Aníbal Troilo’s 1951 recording in TangoCloud

Every version

Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone

The catalogue holds 4 recordings of this song by 4 orchestras, 1951 to 1969.
1950’60
Recordings of Un momento by year, taller the more they are danced · 4 of 4 recordings carry a year · read Nov 2, 2026

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

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

The leader is Aníbal Troilo, 1951, with 100% of the 36 filmed dances matched to a version of this song.

31 more dances name this song but not which version, so no share counts them. “No match yet” means no filmed dance is tied to that version so far, not that nobody dances it. Dances whose music we have not identified are left out.

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

  1. Aníbal TroiloEarliest we holdMost dancedUn momentoAníbal TroiloRaúl BerónvalsTK
    36 dances · 100%
    1951
  2. Carlos Di SarliUn momentoCarlos Di SarliOscar SerpavalsMusic Hall
    No match yet
    1952
  3. Horacio SalganUn momentoHoracio SalganRoberto GoyenechevalsRCA Victor
    No match yet
    1953
  4. Armando PontierUn momentoArmando PontierRoberto Goyenechevals
    No match yet
    1969
  5. Armando PontierNot in our catalogueRoberto Goyeneche · Sep 171968
  6. Domingo FedericoNot in our catalogue1975
All recordings of Un momento

One recording

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

Aníbal Troilo

Un momentoAníbal TroiloRaúl BerónvalsTK
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Couples filmed dancing this recording · 37 Performances

Cristhian Sosa & Sabrina GarciaWorld Champion · Tango Escenario 2012Floreal Milonga · 2011 · 3:37

Danced to it

Music from 1951–1969 · danced on film 2011–2026

20112026
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2011: 1, 2013: 2, 2014: 2, 2015: 3, 2016: 2, 2017: 1, 2018: 5, 2019: 1, 2023: 5, 2024: 2, 2025: 1, 2026: 3

Through the decades

  1. The 2010sCristhian Sosa & Sabrina GarciaFloreal Milonga · 2011
  2. The 2020sGianpiero Galdi & Lorena Tarantino2026

Where it is danced

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

  1. Cátulo TangoBalvanera
    2 performances
  2. Espacio Riobamba (Club Castel)Balvanera
    2 performances
  3. Club Social y Deportivo Fulgor de Villa CrespoVilla Crespo
    1 performance
  4. La Viruta (Centro Armenio)Palermo
    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 6 complete sets on film

  1. Gianpiero Galdi and Maria Filali

    2017 · In upload order: nobody has said the order danced

    1. 1El último caféJuan D'Arienzo, 1964
    2. 2Un momentoAníbal Troilo, 1951
    3. 3GermaineCarlos Di Sarli, 1955
    4. 4Sólo se quiere una vezAníbal Troilo, 1946
    Watch it on TangoTube

  2. Maja Petrović and Marko Miljevic

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

    1. 1Un momentoAníbal Troilo, 1951
    2. 2El Tigre MillánJuan D'Arienzo, 1940
    3. 3MentiraOsvaldo Pugliese, 1945
    4. 4Milonga queridaJuan D'Arienzo, 1938
    Watch it on TangoTube

  3. Ernesto Balmaceda and Stella Baez

    Viva La Pepa, 2018 · In the order danced: the video titles number them

    1. 1No esperaba verte másCarlos Di Sarli, 1946
    2. 2Un momentoAníbal Troilo, 1951
    3. 3Gallo ciegoOsvaldo Pugliese, 1959
    Watch it on TangoTube

In their words

  • The lyric of Un momento (a man saying he wants something lasting, not 'the same old story, to live a moment and then die') is called one of the most beautiful and important in tango; it shows a maturing of the Argentine man.

    What was said, in our words

    Michael Lavocah · Tango 1953

  • En un momento era titiritero, en otro momento era coreógrafo, en otro momento era un participante más, y en otro momento era protagonista, dentro, por ejemplo, de

    Juan Carlos Copes · JUAN CARLOS COPES Tengo una pregunta para vos (por Pepa Palazón) with ENGLISH subtitles.

    open at 2:23
  • Pero en un momento es como, alto, y lo hago. Esto está mal, es un momento de expresarme, me pasó, nos pasó a veces.

    Clarisa Aragón · Sultanic Live Stream (Interview) with Clarisa Aragón

    open at 25:47

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What we don't know yet3 of 4 known

The year it was written.

Data: recordings, facts and sources

Composer2

Composed by Héctor Stamponi

Composed by Enrique Francini

In other catalogues2

tango.info · T0370043596

TodoTango · tema/7824

Lyricist1

Lyrics by Homero Expósito

Notes1

The lyric of Un momento (a man saying he wants something lasting, not 'the same old story, to live a moment and then die') is called one of the most beautiful and important in tango; it shows a maturing of the Argentine man.

Listen

  1. Un momentoAníbal TroiloRaúl BerónvalsTK
  2. Un momentoCarlos Di SarliOscar SerpavalsMusic Hall
  3. Un momentoHoracio SalganRoberto GoyenechevalsRCA Victor
  4. Un momentoArmando PontierRoberto Goyenechevals

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