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Alhucema

Music by Francisco Pracánico, lyrics by Horacio Sanguinetti. 2 recordings in our catalogue, 1944–1944.

Who recorded it

Every version2

Earliest we hold: Aníbal Troilo, 1944

  1. Aníbal TroiloAlberto Marino1944
  2. Lucio DemareHoracio Quintana1944

Versions of Alhucema recorded 1944

Alhucema is a tango.

Alhucema was published in 1944.

Alhucema was composed by FRANCISCO PRACÁNICO.

The lyrics of Alhucema are by Horacio Sanguinetti.

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

2 orchestras recorded it

15 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Francisco Pracánico
Words
Horacio Sanguinetti
Written
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First played
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Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Lyrics

Read the lyrics on Aníbal Troilo’s 1944 recording in TangoCloud

Every version

Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone

The catalogue holds 2 recordings of this song by 2 orchestras, 1944 to 1944.
1940
Recordings of Alhucema by year, taller the more they are danced · 2 of 2 recordings carry a year · read Nov 2, 2026

2 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube

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. Aníbal TroiloEarliest we holdMost dancedAlhucemaAníbal TroiloAlberto MarinotangoRCA Victor
    9 dances
    1944
  2. Lucio DemareAlhucemaLucio DemareHoracio QuintanatangoOdeon
    6 dances
    1944
All recordings of Alhucema

One recording

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

Aníbal Troilo

AlhucemaAníbal TroiloAlberto MarinotangoRCA Victor
Open this recording

Couples filmed dancing this recording · 8 Performances

Jonathan Saavedra & Clarisa AragónWorld Champions · Tango de Pista 20152024 · 3:04

Danced to it

Music from 1944 · danced on film 2013–2026

20132026
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2013: 2, 2014: 1, 2017: 1, 2018: 1, 2019: 2, 2022: 2, 2024: 1, 2026: 1

Through the decades

  1. The 2010sJonathan Saavedra & Clarisa AragónToronto Tango Festival · 2019
  2. The 2020sJonathan Saavedra & Clarisa Aragón2024

Where it is danced

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

  1. El BesoBalvanera
    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. Clarisa Aragón and Jonathan Saavedra

    Toronto Tango Festival, 2019 · In upload order: nobody has said the order danced

    1. 1BarriadaColor Tango (Roberto Alvarez), 2005
    2. 2La mulateadaCarlos Di Sarli, 1941
    3. 3El acomodoEdgardo Donato, 1952
    4. 4AlhucemaAníbal Troilo, 1944
    Watch it on TangoTube

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Data: recordings, facts and sources

In other catalogues3

TodoTango · tema/869

tango.info · T0370207467

MusicBrainz · 4493703c-e39f-415e-bee9-89d7646b2d35source

Is a1

Is a Tango

Published1

Published 1944

Composer1

Composed by FRANCISCO PRACÁNICO

Lyricist1

Lyrics by Horacio Sanguinetti

Listen

  1. AlhucemaAníbal TroiloAlberto MarinotangoRCA Victor
  2. AlhucemaLucio DemareHoracio QuintanatangoOdeon

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