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Silencio

Music by Carlos Gardel, Horacio Pettorossi, lyrics by Alfredo Le Pera. 6 recordings in our catalogue, 1932–1975.
1932: 1 · danced 0 times1933: 1 · danced 0 times1955: 1 · danced 0 times1957: 1 · danced 0 times1959: 1 · danced 0 times1975: 1 · danced 8 times
1932’40’50’60’701975
records madedanced on film, by the record’s year· our catalogue

1932: 1, 0; 1933: 1, 0; 1955: 1, 0; 1957: 1, 0; 1959: 1, 0; 1975: 1, 8

  1. Francisco Canaro recorded it in 1932 and 1933.

    How we know

    Takes in our catalogue by the same orchestra in different years; the canon’s first orchestra is named.

Silencio was composed by Carlos Gardel and Horacio Pettorossi.† The lyrics of Silencio are by Alfredo Le Pera and Horacio Pettorossi.†

Credit

Music
Carlos Gardel, Horacio Pettorossi
Lyrics
Alfredo Le Pera

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Every recording

6 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 20 more we know of

1930’40’50’60’70

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

  1. Osvaldo PuglieseJorge Maciel · Odeon · Aug 6
    Not danced on film yet
    1959
  2. Francisco CanaroEarliest we holdInstrumental · Odeon · Aug 29
    Not danced on film yet
    1932
  3. Francisco CanaroErnesto Famá · Odeon · Mar 30
    Not danced on film yet
    1933
  4. Hugo DiazMost danced
    8 dances
    1975
  5. Alberto Morán
    Not danced on film yet
    1955
  6. Héctor GranéCarlos Marco
    Not danced on film yet
    1957
  7. Carlos GardelNot in our catalogue1932
  8. Carlos GardelNot in our catalogue1933
  9. -unspecified orchestra-Not in our catalogueLibertad Lamarque1933
  10. Carlos Gardel, -unspecified female-Not in our catalogueFeb 141933
  11. Ángel Domingo Riverol, Domingo Julio Vivas, Guillermo Barbieri, Horacio PettorossiNot in our catalogueCarlos Gardel · May 131933
  12. Carlos GardelNot in our catalogue1935
  13. Aníbal TroiloNot in our catalogueEdmundo Rivero1950
  14. Héctor María ArtolaNot in our catalogueOscar Alonso · Apr 211950
  15. Agustín IrustaNot in our catalogue
  16. Carlos GardelNot in our catalogue
  17. Carlos Gardel, -unspecified female-Not in our catalogue
  18. Imperio ArgentinaNot in our catalogue
  19. Nelly OmarNot in our catalogue
  20. Oscar AlonsoNot in our catalogue

Danced to it

Music from 1932–1975 · danced on film 2016–2026

20162026
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2016: 1, 2017: 2, 2020: 1, 2025: 2, 2026: 1

Horacio Pebete Godoy & Cecilia BerraEMBRACE BERLIN · 2017 · 3:25

Through the decades

  1. The 2010sHoracio Pebete Godoy & Cecilia BerraEMBRACE BERLIN · 2017
  2. The 2020sHoracio Pebete Godoy & Maricel Giacomini2025

What we don't know yet3 of 4 known

The year it was written.

Data: recordings, facts and sources

In other catalogues3

tango.info · Z0999900565

Single source

tango.info · T0370027147

Single source

TodoTango · tema/284

Single source

Composer2

Composed by Carlos Gardel

Single source

Composed by Horacio Pettorossi

Single source

Lyricist2

Lyrics by Alfredo Le Pera

Single source

Lyrics by Horacio Pettorossi

Single source

Listen

  1. SilencioFrancisco Canaro1932
  2. SilencioFrancisco Canaro · Ernesto Famá1933
  3. SilencioAlberto Morán · Alberto Morán · no clip yet1955
  4. SilencioHéctor Grané · Carlos Marco · no clip yet1957
  5. SilencioOsvaldo Pugliese · Jorge Maciel · no clip yet1959
  6. SilencioHugo Diaz1975

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