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Song

Sombras

Music by Francisco Pracánico, lyrics by Verminio Servetto. 3 recordings in our catalogue, 1924–1949.

Who recorded it

Every version3

Earliest we hold: Francisco Canaro, 1924

  1. Ricardo TanturiOsvaldo Ribo1946
  2. Francisco Canaro1924
  3. Alfredo GobbiJorge Maciel1949

Versions of Sombras recorded 1924–1949

Sombras is a tango.

Sombras was published in 1924.

Sombras was composed by FRANCISCO PRACÁNICO.

The lyrics of Sombras are by Verminio Servetto.

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

3 orchestras recorded it

4 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Francisco Pracánico
Words
Verminio Servetto
Written
not yet cited · help fill it
First played
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Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Lyrics

Read the lyrics on Alfredo Gobbi’s 1949 recording in TangoCloud

Every version

Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone

The catalogue holds 3 recordings of this song by 3 orchestras, 1924 to 1949.
1920’30’40
Recordings of Sombras 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 · 5 more we know of

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. Ricardo TanturiSombrasRicardo TanturiOsvaldo RibotangoRCA Victor
    No match yet
    1946
  2. Francisco CanaroEarliest we holdSombrasFrancisco CanarotangoOdeon
    No match yet
    1924
  3. Alfredo GobbiMost dancedSombrasAlfredo GobbiJorge Macieltango
    4 dances
    1949
  4. Guillermo Barbieri, José RicardoNot in our catalogueCarlos Gardel1924
  5. Roberto FirpoNot in our catalogue1924
  6. -unspecified guitars-Not in our catalogueIgnacio Corsini1930
  7. Alfredo J. GobbiNot in our catalogueJorge Maciel · Dec 211949
  8. Ignacio CorsiniNot in our catalogue
All recordings of Sombras

One recording

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

Alfredo Gobbi

SombrasAlfredo GobbiJorge Macieltango
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Couples filmed dancing this recording · 3 Performances

Diego Chandia & Nadia Ibañez2015 · 3:54

Danced to it

Music from 1924–1949 · danced on film 2015–2018

20152018
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2015: 1, 2018: 1

Where it is danced

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

  1. Club Sin RumboVilla Urquiza
    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.

The one complete set on film

  1. Diego Chandia and Nadia Ibañez

    2015 · In upload order: nobody has said the order danced

    1. 1Mientras vuelva el amorMiguel Caló, 1972
    2. 2SombrasAlfredo Gobbi, 1949
    3. 3CompañeroJuan D'Arienzo, 1963
    Watch it on TangoTube

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Data: recordings, facts and sources

In other catalogues2

TodoTango · tema/458

tango.info · T0370027396

Is a1

Is a Tango

Published1

Published 1924

Composer1

Composed by FRANCISCO PRACÁNICO

Lyricist1

Lyrics by Verminio Servetto

Listen

  1. SombrasFrancisco CanarotangoOdeon
  2. SombrasRicardo TanturiOsvaldo RibotangoRCA Victor
  3. SombrasAlfredo GobbiJorge Macieltango

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