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Reliquias porteñas

Music by Graciano de Leone, lyrics by Celedonio Flores. 1 recordings in our catalogue, 1938–1938.

Who recorded it

Every version1

Earliest we hold: Francisco Canaro, 1938

  1. Francisco Canaro1938

Versions of Reliquias porteñas recorded 1938

Reliquias porteñas was composed by Graciano de Leone.††† The lyrics of Reliquias porteñas are by Celedonio Flores.†† Reliquias porteñas is a milonga.†

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

1 orchestra recorded it

557 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Graciano de Leone
Words
Celedonio Flores
Written
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First played
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Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Lyrics

Every version

Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone

The catalogue holds 1 recordings of this song by 1 orchestras, 1938 to 1938.

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

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

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  1. Francisco CanaroEarliest we holdMost dancedReliquias porteñasFrancisco CanaroinstrumentalmilongaOdeon
    557 dances
    1938
  2. Color TangoNot in our catalogue1996
  3. Quinteto ÁngelNot in our catalogueJul 102012
  4. Sexteto MilongueroNot in our catalogue
All recordings of Reliquias porteñas

One recording

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

Francisco Canaro

Reliquias porteñasFrancisco CanaroinstrumentalmilongaOdeon

Couples filmed dancing this recording · 560 Performances

Danced to it

Music from 1938 · danced on film 2005–2026

20052026
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2005: 1, 2006: 2, 2007: 8, 2008: 7, 2009: 12, 2010: 37, 2011: 21, 2012: 32, 2013: 53, 2014: 31, 2015: 26, 2016: 28, 2017: 28, 2018: 22, 2019: 36, 2020: 4, 2021: 1, 2022: 6, 2023: 10, 2024: 7, 2025: 9, 2026: 6

Where it is danced

The places our videos show it danced, by performances filmed there.

  1. Salón El Pial (La Baldosa)Flores
    5 performances
  2. Salón CanningPalermo
    4 performances
  3. Sunderland ClubVilla Urquiza
    4 performances
  4. Club Empleados de RivadaviaVélez Sarsfield
    1 performance
  5. Club Social y Deportivo Glorias ArgentinasMataderos
    1 performance
  6. El BesoBalvanera
    1 performance
  7. El Yeite Tango ClubVilla Crespo
    1 performance
  8. La MilonguitaColegiales
    1 performance
  9. Plaza DorregoSan Telmo
    1 performance
  10. Salón La NacionalMonserrat
    1 performance
  11. Vecinal Saavedra y Biblioteca Popular 25 de MayoSaavedra
    1 performance

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.

3 of 63 complete sets on film

  1. Maria Inés Bogado and Sebastian Jimenez

    Milonga La Baldosa, 2010 · In the order danced: the video titles number them

    1. 1Milonguero viejoCarlos Di Sarli, 1955
    2. 2La brujaJuan D'Arienzo, 1959
    3. 3El vals soñadorMiguel Caló, 1942
    4. 4Reliquias porteñasFrancisco Canaro, 1938
    Watch it on TangoTube
  2. Roberto Zuccarino and Virginia Pandolfi

    2022 · In the order danced: the video titles number them

    1. 1Jamás retornarásMiguel Caló, 1942
    2. 2Qué importaJuan D'Arienzo, 1939
    3. 3Nos encontramos al pasarLucio Demare, 1945
    4. 4Reliquias porteñasFrancisco Canaro, 1938
    Watch it on TangoTube
  3. Martin Almiron and Maya Schwartz

    2019 · In the order danced: the video titles number them

    1. 1Fueron tres añosHéctor Varela, 1956
    2. 2A Evaristo CarriegoOsvaldo Pugliese, 1985
    3. 3Valsecito criolloJuan D'Arienzo, 1937
    4. 4Reliquias porteñasFrancisco Canaro, 1938
    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

Composer1

Composed by Graciano de Leone

In other catalogues3

tango.info · T0370025652

MusicBrainz · 8c863e52-924b-42c3-b852-ee248bb28db7source

TodoTango · tema/4012

Lyricist1

Lyrics by Celedonio Flores

Is a1

Is a Milonga

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  1. Reliquias porteñasFrancisco CanaroinstrumentalmilongaOdeon

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