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Una pena

Music by Adolfo Rosquellas. 3 recordings in our catalogue, 1938–1949.
1938: 1 · danced 1 times1941: 1 · danced 20 times1949: 1 · danced 0 times
1938’401949
records madedanced on film, by the record’s year· our catalogue

1938: 1, 1; 1941: 1, 20; 1949: 1, 0

Credit

Music
Adolfo Rosquellas

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Every recording

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

1930’40

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

  1. Ángel D'AgostinoMost dancedÁngel Vargas · RCA Victor · Nov 5
    20 dances
    1941
  2. Rodolfo BiagiEarliest we holdTeófilo Ibáñez · Odeon · Dec 2
    1 dance
    1938
  3. Francisco LomutoMiguel Montero · RCA Victor · Nov 2
    Not danced on film yet
    1949
  4. Guillermo Barbieri, José RicardoNot in our catalogueCarlos Gardel1923

Danced to it

Music from 1938–1949 · danced on film 2008–2026

20082026
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2008: 3, 2009: 1, 2010: 1, 2015: 1, 2018: 2, 2019: 1, 2022: 2, 2023: 1, 2024: 1, 2025: 2, 2026: 1

Brenno Marques & Eva IciksonWorld Champion · Tango de Pista 20242015 · 3:18

Through the decades

  1. The 2000sOscar Mandagaran & Georgina Vargas2008
  2. The 2010sBrenno Marques & Eva Icikson2015
  3. The 2020sAni Meskhi & Ogulcan Atasever2026

Where it is danced

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

  1. Confitería IdealSan Nicolás
    1 performance
  2. La Comedia TangoRecoleta
    1 performance

What we don't know yet3 of 4 known

The year it was written.

Data: recordings, facts and sources

In other catalogues2

tango.info · T0370024206

Single source

TodoTango · tema/364

Single source

Listen

  1. Una penaRodolfo Biagi · Teófilo Ibáñez1938
  2. Una penaÁngel D'Agostino · Ángel Vargas1941
  3. Una penaFrancisco Lomuto · Miguel Montero1949

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