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Mientras duerme la ciudad

Music by Alberto Suárez Villanueva, lyrics by Oscar Rubens. 2 recordings in our catalogue, 1946–1946.

Mientras duerme la ciudad is a tango.

Mientras duerme la ciudad was composed by Alberto Suárez Villanueva.

The lyrics of Mientras duerme la ciudad are by Oscar Rubens.

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Credit

Music
Alberto Suárez Villanueva
Lyrics
Oscar Rubens

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Every recording

2 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube

1940

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  1. Rodolfo BiagiCarlos Saavedra · Odeon · May 231946
  2. Osmar MadernaEarliest we holdLuis Tolosa · RCA Victor · May 131946

Danced to it

Viacheslav Ivanov1:52

What we don't know yet3 of 4 known

The year it was written.

Data: recordings, facts and sources

In other catalogues2

TodoTango · tema/3768

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tango.info · T0370238893

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Is a1

Is a Tango

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Composer1

Composed by Alberto Suárez Villanueva

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Lyricist1

Lyrics by Oscar Rubens

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Listen

  1. Mientras duerme la ciudadOsmar Maderna · Luis Tolosa · no clip yet1946
  2. Mientras duerme la ciudadRodolfo Biagi · Carlos Saavedra1946

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