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Song

Alma dolorida

Music by Pedro Datta. 1 recordings in our catalogue, 1937–1937.

Who recorded it

Every version1

Earliest we hold: Juan D'Arienzo, 1937

  1. Juan D'Arienzo1937

Versions of Alma dolorida recorded 1937

Alma dolorida was composed by Pedro Datta.†

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

1 orchestra recorded it

85 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Pedro Datta
Words
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Written
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First played
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Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Every version

Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone

The catalogue holds 1 recordings of this song by 1 orchestras, 1937 to 1937.

1 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube

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

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  1. Juan D'ArienzoEarliest we holdMost dancedAlma doloridaJuan D'ArienzoinstrumentalvalsRCA VictorMeasured automatically · 108 BPM · E minor
    85 dances
    1937
All recordings of Alma dolorida

One recording

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

Juan D'Arienzo

Alma doloridaJuan D'ArienzoinstrumentalvalsRCA Victor
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Couples filmed dancing this recording · 90 Performances

Diego Ortega & Aldana SilveyraWorld Champions · Tango de Pista 2025 · World Champion · Tango Escenario 2010EMBRACE BERLIN · 2025 · 2:54

Danced to it

Music from 1937 · danced on film 2011–2026

20112026
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2011: 2, 2012: 4, 2013: 2, 2014: 6, 2015: 4, 2016: 5, 2017: 4, 2018: 11, 2019: 7, 2021: 1, 2022: 3, 2023: 6, 2024: 2, 2025: 5, 2026: 1

Through the decades

  1. The 2010sJonathan Saavedra & Clarisa Aragón2019
  2. The 2020sDiego Ortega & Aldana SilveyraEMBRACE BERLIN · 2025

Where it is danced

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

  1. Club Social y Deportivo Villa MalcolmVilla Crespo
    1 performance
  2. Salón La NacionalMonserrat
    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 12 complete sets on film

  1. Facundo de la Cruz and Noelia Hurtado

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

    1. 1La bordonaAníbal Troilo, 1958
    2. 2Alma doloridaJuan D'Arienzo, 1937
    3. 3El corazón me engañóJuan D'Arienzo, 1940
    4. 4Don Agustín BardiOsvaldo Pugliese, 1961
    Watch it on TangoTube

  2. Fausto Carpino and Stephanie Fesneau

    2014 · In upload order: nobody has said the order danced

    1. 1SerenataFrancisco Lomuto, 1934
    2. 2Alma doloridaJuan D'Arienzo, 1937
    3. 3DesorientadoMiguel Caló, 1956
    4. 4La cachilaOsvaldo Pugliese, 1952
    Watch it on TangoTube

  3. Christian Marquez and Virginia Gomez

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

    1. 1AmarrotoJuan D'Arienzo, 1951
    2. 2Alma doloridaJuan D'Arienzo, 1937
    3. 3Un infiernoMiguel Caló, 1954
    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

In other catalogues1

tango.info · T0370156538

Composer1

Composed by Pedro Datta

Listen

  1. Alma doloridaJuan D'ArienzoinstrumentalvalsRCA Victor

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