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Lágrimas

Music by Eduardo Arolas. 9 recordings in our catalogue, 1940–1970.
1940: 1 · danced 0 times1941: 1 · danced 15 times1947: 1 · danced 4 times1953: 1 · danced 1 times1954: 1 · danced 0 times1956: 1 · danced 0 times1958: 1 · danced 0 times1962: 1 · danced 0 times1970: 1 · danced 6 times
1940’50’601970
records madedanced on film, by the record’s year· our catalogue

1940: 1, 0; 1941: 1, 15; 1947: 1, 4; 1953: 1, 1; 1954: 1, 0; 1956: 1, 0; 1958: 1, 0; 1962: 1, 0; 1970: 1, 6

  1. Florindo Sassone recorded it in 1956 and 1962.

    How we know

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

Lágrimas was composed by Eduardo Arolas.†

Credit

Music
Eduardo Arolas

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Every recording

9 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 5 more we know of

1940’50’60’70

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

  1. Juan D'ArienzoInstrumental · RCA Victor · Apr 30
    4 dances
    1947
  2. Osvaldo PugliesePhilips · Jun 1
    6 dances
    1970
  3. Ricardo TanturiMost dancedInstrumental · RCA Victor · Jul 7
    15 dances
    1941
  4. Cuarteto Típico Roberto FirpoEarliest we holdApr 25
    Not danced on film yet
    1940
  5. Alberto MancioneInstrumental · Mar 13
    1 dance
    1953
  6. José SalaColumbia · Apr 10
    Not danced on film yet
    1954
  7. Florindo SassoneInstrumental · RCA Victor · Feb 29
    Not danced on film yet
    1956
  8. Florindo SassoneInstrumental · Odeon · Sep 21
    Not danced on film yet
    1962
  9. Los Astros Del TangoMusic Hall
    Not danced on film yet
    1958
  10. Roberto FirpoNot in our catalogue1916
  11. Eduardo ArolasNot in our catalogueApr 231917
  12. Trío ArgentinoNot in our catalogue1930
  13. José ServidioNot in our catalogue1956
  14. Miguel VillasboasNot in our catalogue

Danced to it

Music from 1940–1970 · danced on film 2007–2024

20072024
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2007: 1, 2013: 1, 2016: 1, 2017: 1, 2018: 3, 2019: 2, 2022: 2, 2024: 1

Jorge López & Maria Inés BogadoWorld Champion · Tango de Salón 2010Bari Tango Congress · 2017 · 2:48

Through the decades

  1. The 2000sLuis Méndez & Gabriela Gonzalez2007
  2. The 2010sJorge López & Maria Inés BogadoBari Tango Congress · 2017
  3. The 2020sBraulio Martos & Antonella Terrazas2022

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 catalogues3

tango.info · T0370016128

Single source

TodoTango · tema/1519

Single source

MusicBrainz · d2b80af4-a38d-4a26-b2d3-06c1818bc36bsource

Single source

Composer1

Composed by Eduardo Arolas

Single source

Listen

  1. LágrimasCuarteto Típico Roberto Firpo · no clip yet1940
  2. LágrimasRicardo Tanturi1941
  3. LágrimasJuan D'Arienzo1947
  4. LágrimasAlberto Mancione · no clip yet1953
  5. LágrimasJosé Sala · no clip yet1954
  6. LágrimasFlorindo Sassone1956
  7. LágrimasLos Astros Del Tango · no clip yet1958
  8. LágrimasFlorindo Sassone1962
  9. LágrimasOsvaldo Pugliese · no clip yet1970

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