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Song

El calabozo

Music by Augusto Gentile. 3 recordings in our catalogue, 1929–1941.

Who recorded it

Every version3

Earliest we hold: Carlos Di Sarli, 1929

  1. Juan D'Arienzo1941
  2. Carlos Di Sarli1929
  3. Orquesta Típica Brunswick1930

Versions of El calabozo recorded 1929–1941

El calabozo was composed by Augusto Gentile.†

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

3 orchestras recorded it

2 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Augusto Gentile
Words
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Written
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First played
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Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Every version

Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone

The catalogue holds 3 recordings of this song by 3 orchestras, 1929 to 1941.
1920’30’40
Recordings of El calabozo by year, taller the more they are danced · 3 of 3 recordings carry a year · read Nov 2, 2026

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

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

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  1. Juan D'ArienzoMost dancedEl calabozoJuan D'ArienzoinstrumentaltangoRCA Victor
    2 dances
    1941
  2. Carlos Di SarliEarliest we holdEl calabozoCarlos Di SarliinstrumentaltangoRCA Victor
    No match yet
    1929
  3. Orquesta Típica BrunswickEl calabozoOrquesta Típica BrunswicktangoBrunswick
    No match yet
    1930
  4. Roberto FirpoNot in our catalogueOct 61927
All recordings of El calabozo

One recording

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

Juan D'Arienzo

El calabozoJuan D'ArienzoinstrumentaltangoRCA Victor
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Couples filmed dancing this recording · 2 Performances

Christian Marquez & Virginia Gomez2016 · 3:16

Danced to it

Music from 1929–1941 · danced on film 2015–2016

20152016
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2015: 1, 2016: 1

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.

The one complete set on film

  1. Christian Marquez and Virginia Gomez

    2016 · In upload order: nobody has said the order danced

    1. 1Milonga del 83Juan D'Arienzo, 1940
    2. 2El calabozoJuan D'Arienzo, 1941
    3. 3El sueño del pibeOsvaldo Pugliese, 1945
    Watch it on TangoTube

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What we don't know yet3 of 4 known

The year it was written.

Data: recordings, facts and sources

In other catalogues2

tango.info · T0370117002

TodoTango · tema/5557

Composer1

Composed by Augusto Gentile

Listen

  1. El calabozoCarlos Di SarliinstrumentaltangoRCA Victor
  2. El calabozoOrquesta Típica BrunswicktangoBrunswick
  3. El calabozoJuan D'ArienzoinstrumentaltangoRCA Victor

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