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Song

Qué noche

Music by Agustín Bardi. 14 recordings in our catalogue, 1920–1977.

Who recorded it

Every version14

Earliest we hold: Orquesta Típica Select, 1920

  1. Juan D'Arienzo19371967
  2. Osvaldo Pugliese1968
  3. Ricardo Tanturi1965
  4. Osvaldo Fresedo1963
  5. Julio De Caro1926
  6. Roberto Firpo1930

Versions of Qué noche recorded 1920–1977

Qué noche was composed by Agustín Bardi.

Qué noche is a tango.

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

13 orchestras recorded it

33 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Agustín Bardi
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 14 recordings of this song by 13 orchestras, 1920 to 1977.
1920’30’40’50’60’70
Recordings of Qué noche by year, taller the more they are danced · 14 of 14 recordings carry a year · read Nov 2, 2026

14 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 9 more we know of

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

The leader is Juan D'Arienzo, with 88% of the 33 filmed dances matched to a version of this song.

1 more dance names this song but not which version, so no share counts it. “No match yet” means no filmed dance is tied to that version so far, not that nobody dances it. Dances whose music we have not identified are left out.

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

  2. Osvaldo PuglieseQué nocheOsvaldo PugliesetangoPhilips
    4 dances · 12%
    1968
  3. Orquesta Típica SelectEarliest we holdQué nocheOrquesta Típica SelectinstrumentaltangoVictor
    No match yet
    1920
  4. Julio De CaroQué nocheJulio De Caroinstrumentaltango
    No match yet
    1926
  5. Roberto FirpoQué nocheRoberto Firpotango
    No match yet
    1930
  6. Osmar MadernaQué nocheOsmar MadernainstrumentaltangoRCA Victor
    No match yet
    1949
  7. Juan PolitoQué nocheJuan Politotango
    No match yet
    1952
  8. Los Astros del TangoQué nocheLos Astros del TangotangoMusic Hall
    No match yet
    1958
  9. Osvaldo FresedoQué nocheOsvaldo FresedoinstrumentaltangoColumbia
    No match yet
    1963
  10. Ricardo TanturiQué nocheRicardo TanturitangoHR
    No match yet
    1965
  11. Baffa-BerlingieriQué nocheBaffa-Berlingieritangorca camden
    No match yet
    1967
  12. Miguel VillasboasQué nocheMiguel Villasboastango
    No match yet
    1972
  13. Enrique FranciniQué nocheEnrique FrancinitangoCBS Columbia
    No match yet
    1977
  14. Julio De CaroNot in our catalogue1930
  15. Juan PolitoNot in our catalogue1953
  16. Rubén SosaNot in our catalogue1954
  17. Ricardo TanturiNot in our catalogue1966
  18. Los muchachos de antesNot in our catalogue1975
  19. Ernesto Baffa, Osvaldo BerlingieriNot in our catalogue
  20. Hugo DíazNot in our catalogue
All recordings of Qué noche

One recording

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

Juan D'Arienzo

Qué nocheJuan D'ArienzoinstrumentaltangoRCA Victor
Open this recording

Couples filmed dancing this recording · 30 Performances

Dante Sánchez & Ines MuzzopappaWorld Champions · Tango de Salón 20072:48

Danced to it

Music from 1920–1977 · danced on film 2012–2026

20122026
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2012: 1, 2013: 1, 2015: 1, 2017: 2, 2019: 1, 2021: 2, 2022: 2, 2023: 3, 2024: 1, 2025: 5, 2026: 3

Through the decades

  1. The 2010sOsvaldo Roldan & Anna Maria Ferrara2015
  2. The 2020sCarlitos Espinoza & Agustina PiaggioLisbon Tango Festival · 2026

Where it is danced

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

  1. Club Sin RumboVilla Urquiza
    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. Delphine Blanco and Jens Krüger

    In upload order: nobody has said the order danced

    1. 1Yo me llamo Juan te quieroFrancisco Canaro, 1934
    2. 2Sin saborEdgardo Donato, 1939
    3. 3AngélicaAlfredo De Angelis, 1961
    4. 4Qué nocheJuan D'Arienzo, 1937
    Watch it on TangoTube

In their words

  • Hicimos muchas cosas: hice, qué sé yo, la noche de chicas, noche de chicos, la noche revival, la noche de las tres generaciones.

    Pepa Palazón · Maneras de vivir, con Pepa Palazón [Castellano]

    open at 14:09
  • También se jugó esa noche, fue de esas noches inolvidables, que decidimos, todos los astros se alinearon, y me entregué a la escena.

    Vanina Bilous · El Tango Hoy con Vanina Bilous | Entrevista Completa | Tango Danza - Tango Música de Buenos Aires.

    open at 1:03:38

Read more

every sentence cites a published fact

What we don't know yet3 of 4 known

The year it was written.

Data: recordings, facts and sources

Composer1

Composed by Agustín Bardi

In other catalogues3

TodoTango · tema/1607

tango.info · T0370024999

MusicBrainz · 666b7c36-f6c8-4839-b200-39c882a9fd05source

Is a1

Is a Tango

Listen

  1. Qué nocheinstrumentaltangoVictor
  2. Qué nocheJulio De Caroinstrumentaltango
  3. Qué nocheRoberto Firpotango
  4. Qué nocheJuan D'ArienzoinstrumentaltangoRCA Victor
  5. Qué nocheOsmar MadernainstrumentaltangoRCA Victor
  6. Qué nocheJuan Politotango
  7. Qué nocheLos Astros del TangotangoMusic Hall
  8. Qué nocheOsvaldo FresedoinstrumentaltangoColumbia
  9. Qué nocheRicardo TanturitangoHR
  10. Qué nocheJuan D'ArienzoinstrumentaltangoRCA Victor
  11. Qué nocheBaffa-Berlingieritangorca camden
  12. Qué nocheOsvaldo PugliesetangoPhilips

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