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Tucumán

"Tucumán" is a tango composed by José Luis Padula [1][2]. Its earliest known recording is a 1918 performance by Roberto Firpo, and Juan D'Arienzo recorded it in 1940 and again in 1950 [1].

Who recorded it

Every version2

Earliest we hold: Juan D'Arienzo, 1940

  1. Juan D'Arienzo19401950

Versions of Tucumán recorded 1940–1950

"Tucumán" is a work in the tango genre [1]. Both consulted work pages credit the music to José Luis Padula [1][2].

No lyricist is credited; the lyricist field on one work page is left blank, shown as a dash [1]. The other work page lists only Padula, credited for the music [2].

One catalogue lists 5 performances and 21 tracks of the work [1]. The dated performances in that catalogue are recording dates. The earliest is Roberto Firpo's 1918 recording, which is the earliest known recording of the work and not a composition or premiere date [1].

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

1 orchestra recorded it

10 Dances filmed to it

Origin and authorship

José Luis Padula is credited as the composer of "Tucumán" in two independent work pages [1][2]. One of them identifies the piece as a tango and attributes the music to Padula [2].

Neither source credits a lyricist. The lyricist entry on one page is shown as a dash [1]. The available sources give no composition year, premiere date or publication details for the work [1][2].

Recordings

One catalogue counts 5 performances and 21 tracks of "Tucumán" [1]. The dated recordings named in the available material include:

  • Roberto Firpo, 1918, the earliest known recording [1]
  • Juan D'Arienzo, recorded 27 June 1940 [1]
  • Juan D'Arienzo, recorded 28 September 1950 [1]
1940’50
Recordings of Tucumán by year, taller the more they are danced · 2 of 2 recordings carry a year · read Nov 4, 2026

Juan D'Arienzo recorded the work twice, about ten years apart, on the dates listed above [1]. The sources do not name singers, labels or matrix numbers for these recordings, and they do not identify the remaining catalogued performances [1].

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

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  2. Roberto FirpoNot in our catalogue1918
All recordings of Tucumán

Who wrote it

Music
José Luis Padula
Words
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Written
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First played
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Source: TangoCloud catalogue

One recording

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

Juan D'Arienzo

TucumánJuan D'ArienzoinstrumentaltangoRCA Victor
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Couples filmed dancing this recording · 7 Performances

Christian Marquez & Virginia GomezRussian Tango Congress · 2016 · 3:49

Danced to it

Music from 1940–1950 · danced on film 2016–2025

20162025
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2016: 1, 2017: 2, 2018: 1, 2022: 1, 2025: 1

Through the decades

  1. The 2010sChristian Marquez & Virginia GomezRussian Tango Congress · 2016
  2. The 2020sGianpiero Galdi2025

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.

2 of 2 complete sets on film

  1. Christian Marquez and Virginia Gomez

    Viva La Pepa, 2017 · In the order danced: the video titles number them

    1. 1La puñaladaJuan D'Arienzo, 1943
    2. 2TucumánJuan D'Arienzo, 1950
    3. 3Valsecito criolloJuan D'Arienzo, 1937
    4. 4Barrio pobreAníbal Troilo, 1958
    Watch it on TangoTube

  2. Emiliano Pilloni and Pamela Marmo

    2018 · In upload order: nobody has said the order danced

    1. 1Mala pintaOsvaldo Pugliese, 1944
    2. 2En el salónRicardo Tanturi, 1944
    3. 3La espuelaJuan D'Arienzo, 1946
    4. 4TucumánJuan D'Arienzo, 1950
    Watch it on TangoTube

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References

How Tangopedia works

  1. Tucumán (tango.info work page) · tango.info“Composer | José Luis Padula | Lyricist | -”
  2. Tucumán (Todo Tango work page) · todotango.com“Tucumán Tango Música: José Luis Padula”

What we don't know yet3 of 4 known

The year it was written.

Data: recordings, facts and sources

Composer1

Composed by José Luis Padula

In other catalogues3

TodoTango · tema/2278

tango.info · T0370044420

MusicBrainz · 0869247a-5ef2-425b-b419-52fb54d82df4source

Is a1

Is a Tango

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  1. TucumánJuan D'ArienzoinstrumentaltangoRCA Victor
  2. TucumánJuan D'ArienzoinstrumentaltangoRCA Victor

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