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Desencanto

Music by Enrique Santos Discepolo, lyrics by Enrique Santos Discepolo. 3 recordings in our catalogue, 1937–1947.
1937: 2 · danced 7 times1947: 1 · danced 4 times
1937’401947
records madedanced on film, by the record’s year· our catalogue

1937: 2, 7; 1947: 1, 4

Desencanto was composed by Enrique Santos Discepolo.† The lyrics of Desencanto are by Enrique Santos Discepolo and Luis César Amadori.†

Credit

Music
Enrique Santos Discepolo
Lyrics
Enrique Santos Discepolo

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Every recording

3 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 8 more we know of

1930’40

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

  1. Francisco CanaroRoberto Maida · Odeon · Feb 23
    1 dance
    1937
  2. Enrique Santos DiscepoloEarliest we holdMost dancedTania · Feb 1
    6 dances
    1937
  3. Alberto MarinoJul 18
    4 dances
    1947
  4. -unspecified orchestra-Not in our catalogueTania · Feb 11937
  5. Rafael CanaroNot in our catalogueAlberto Tagle1939
  6. Emilio BalcarceNot in our catalogueAlberto Marino · Jul 181947
  7. Tito RiberoNot in our catalogueVirginia Luque1959
  8. Virginia LuqueNot in our catalogue1960
  9. Floreal RuízNot in our catalogue
  10. Néstor FabiánNot in our catalogue
  11. -unspecified guitars-Not in our catalogueOscar Alonso

Danced to it

Music from 1937–1947 · danced on film 2014–2023

20142023
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2014: 1, 2015: 1, 2017: 1, 2019: 1, 2022: 2, 2023: 2

Carlitos Espinoza & Agustina PiaggioWorld Champion · Tango de Pista 20192022 · 3:33

Through the decades

  1. The 2010sFausto Carpino & Stephanie Fesneau2017
  2. The 2020sCarlitos Espinoza & Agustina Piaggio2022

What we don't know yet3 of 4 known

The year it was written.

Data: recordings, facts and sources

In other catalogues2

tango.info · T0370010039

Single source

TodoTango · tema/466

Single source

Composer1

Composed by Enrique Santos Discepolo

Single source

Lyricist2

Lyrics by Enrique Santos Discepolo

Single source

Lyrics by Luis César Amadori

Single source

Listen

  1. DesencantoEnrique Santos Discepolo · Tania1937
  2. DesencantoFrancisco Canaro · Roberto Maida1937
  3. DesencantoAlberto Marino · Alberto Marino1947

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