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Song

La guitarrera

Music by Francisco Brancatti, lyrics by Rafael Dadino. 2 recordings in our catalogue, 1944–2000.

Who recorded it

Every version2

Earliest we hold: Alfredo De Angelis, 1944

  1. Alfredo De AngelisFloreal Ruiz1944
  2. Orquesta El Arranque2000

Versions of La guitarrera recorded 1944–2000

La guitarrera was composed by Francisco Brancatti and Rafael Dadino.

La guitarrera is a milonga.

The lyrics of La guitarrera are by Rafael Dadino and Francisco Brancatti.

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

2 orchestras recorded it

14 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Francisco Brancatti
Words
Rafael Dadino
Written
not yet cited · help fill it
First played
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Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Lyrics

Read the lyrics on Alfredo De Angelis’s 1944 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, 1944 to 2000.
1940’50’60’70’80’90’00
Recordings of La guitarrera by year, taller the more they are danced · 2 of 2 recordings carry a year · read Nov 2, 2026

2 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube

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. Alfredo De AngelisEarliest we holdMost dancedLa guitarreraAlfredo De AngelisFloreal RuizmilongaOdeon
    14 dances
    1944
  2. Orquesta El ArranqueLa guitarreraOrquesta El Arranquemilonga
    No match yet
    2000
All recordings of La guitarrera

One recording

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

Alfredo De Angelis

La guitarreraAlfredo De AngelisFloreal RuizmilongaOdeon
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Couples filmed dancing this recording · 14 Performances

Fabián Peralta & Josefina BermúdezWorld Champion · Tango de Salón 2006World of Tango Festival · 2018 · 2:41

Danced to it

Music from 1944–2000 · danced on film 2010–2023

20102023
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2010: 1, 2011: 2, 2017: 3, 2018: 2, 2023: 1

Through the decades

  1. The 2010sFabián Peralta & Josefina BermúdezWorld of Tango Festival · 2018
  2. The 2020sFernando Galera & Mariana MontesEMBRACE BERLIN · 2023

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. Adrián Heim and Estefanía Najot

    In upload order: nobody has said the order danced

    1. 1AngélicaAlfredo De Angelis, 1961
    2. 2Café DomínguezÁngel D'Agostino, 1955
    3. 3La guitarreraAlfredo De Angelis, 1944
    Watch it on TangoTube

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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

Composer2

Composed by Francisco Brancatti

Composed by Rafael Dadino

In other catalogues2

TodoTango · tema/5016

tango.info · T0370213016

Is a1

Is a Milonga

Lyricist2

Lyrics by Rafael Dadino

Lyrics by Francisco Brancatti

Listen

  1. La guitarreraAlfredo De AngelisFloreal RuizmilongaOdeon
  2. La guitarreraOrquesta El Arranquemilonga

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