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Independencia

Music by Alfredo Bevilacqua, lyrics by Antonio Polito. 3 recordings in our catalogue, 1912–1953.
1912: 1 · danced 0 times1942: 1 · danced 3 times1953: 1 · danced 2 times
1912’20’30’40’501953
records madedanced on film, by the record’s year· our catalogue

1912: 1, 0; 1942: 1, 3; 1953: 1, 2

  1. Juan D'Arienzo recorded it in 1942 and 1953.

    How we know

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

Independencia is a tango.

Independencia was composed by Alfredo Bevilacqua.

The lyrics of Independencia are by Antonio Polito.

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Credit

Music
Alfredo Bevilacqua
Lyrics
Antonio Polito

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Every recording

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

1910’20’30’40’50

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

  1. Juan D'ArienzoMost dancedInstrumental · RCA Victor · Dec 22
    3 dances
    1942
  2. Juan D'ArienzoInstrumental · RCA Victor · Dec 28
    2 dances
    1953
  3. Orquesta Típica de Juan Maglio "Pacho"Earliest we holdInstrumental
    Not danced on film yet
    1912
  4. Juan Félix MaglioNot in our catalogueInstrumental1912
  5. Adolfo PérezNot in our catalogueInstrumental · Sep 201934
  6. Juan Félix MaglioNot in our catalogueInstrumental

Danced to it

Music from 1912–1953 · danced on film 2008–2018

20082018
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2008: 1, 2014: 1, 2018: 1

Julio Robles & Juana García2014 · 2:36

Through the decades

  1. The 2000sLeandro Palou & Romina Godoy2008
  2. The 2010sJulio Robles & Juana García2014

What we don't know yet3 of 4 known

The year it was written.

Data: recordings, facts and sources

In other catalogues3

TodoTango · tema/2807

Single source

tango.info · T0370055143

Single source

MusicBrainz · 5f7f5819-b339-40e8-afd6-c77e8c252bbfsource

Single source

Is a1

Is a Tango

Single source

Composer1

Composed by Alfredo Bevilacqua

Single source

Lyricist1

Lyrics by Antonio Polito

Single source

Listen

  1. Independenciano clip yet1912
  2. IndependenciaJuan D'Arienzo1942
  3. IndependenciaJuan D'Arienzo1953

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