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Arrabalero

Music by Osvaldo Fresedo. 8 recordings in our catalogue, 1927–1959.
1927: 4 · danced 0 times1939: 1 · danced 0 times1952: 1 · danced 0 times1957: 1 · danced 0 times1959: 1 · danced 7 times
1927’30’40’501959
records madedanced on film, by the record’s year· our catalogue

1927: 4, 0; 1939: 1, 0; 1952: 1, 0; 1957: 1, 0; 1959: 1, 7

  1. Osvaldo Fresedo recorded it in 1927, 1939 and 1959.

    How we know

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

Arrabalero was composed by Osvaldo Fresedo.†

Credit

Music
Osvaldo Fresedo

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Every recording

8 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 11 more we know of

1920’30’40’50

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

  1. Osvaldo FresedoInstrumental · Odeon · Mar 23
    Not danced on film yet
    1927
  2. Osvaldo FresedoInstrumental · RCA Victor · Apr 24
    Not danced on film yet
    1939
  3. Osvaldo FresedoMost dancedBlanca Mooney · Columbia · Jan 28
    7 dances
    1959
  4. Alfredo De AngelisOscar Larroca · Odeon · Apr 29
    Not danced on film yet
    1957
  5. Francisco CanaroInstrumental · Odeon · May 5
    Not danced on film yet
    1927
  6. Roberto FirpoEarliest we holdInstrumental · Odeon · Mar 10
    Not danced on film yet
    1927
  7. Enrique MoraDiana Durán · Oct 1
    Not danced on film yet
    1952
  8. Orquesta Típica de Juan Maglio "Pacho"Instrumental
    Not danced on film yet
    1927
  9. Guillermo Barbieri, José RicardoNot in our catalogueCarlos Gardel · May 51927
  10. Juan Félix MaglioNot in our catalogueInstrumental · Jun 201927
  11. Salvador PizarroNot in our catalogue-choir-1930
  12. Graciano GómezNot in our catalogueNina Miranda1950
  13. José ServidioNot in our catalogueInstrumental1955
  14. José ServidioNot in our catalogueInstrumental1956
  15. Lidia BordaNot in our catalogue
  16. Nina MirandaNot in our catalogue
  17. Enrique DelfinoNot in our catalogueInstrumental
  18. Graciano GómezNot in our catalogueNina Miranda
  19. Roberto PanseraNot in our catalogueInstrumental

Danced to it

Music from 1927–1959 · danced on film 2011–2025

20112025
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2011: 1, 2012: 1, 2015: 1, 2018: 1, 2019: 1, 2021: 2, 2023: 1, 2024: 1, 2025: 1

Hiroshi YamaoWorld Champion · Tango de Salón 20092024 · 2:29

Through the decades

  1. The 2010sCarlos Neuman2018
  2. The 2020sHiroshi Yamao2024

Where it is danced

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

  1. 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 · T0370001812

Single source

TodoTango · tema/632

Single source

Composer1

Composed by Osvaldo Fresedo

Single source

Listen

  1. ArrabaleroRoberto Firpo1927
  2. ArrabaleroOsvaldo Fresedo1927
  3. ArrabaleroFrancisco Canaro · no clip yet1927
  4. Arrabalerono clip yet1927
  5. ArrabaleroOsvaldo Fresedo1939
  6. ArrabaleroEnrique Mora · Diana Durán · no clip yet1952
  7. ArrabaleroAlfredo De Angelis · Oscar Larroca · no clip yet1957
  8. ArrabaleroOsvaldo Fresedo · Blanca Mooney1959

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