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Moneda de cobre

Music by Carlos Viván, lyrics by Horacio Sanguinetti. 4 recordings in our catalogue, 1942–2006.
1942: 1 · danced 8 times1943: 1 · danced 7 times1953: 1 · danced 1 times2006: 1 · danced 0 times
1942’50’60’70’80’90’002006
records madedanced on film, by the record’s year· our catalogue

1942: 1, 8; 1943: 1, 7; 1953: 1, 1; 2006: 1, 0

Moneda de cobre is a tango.

Moneda de cobre was published in 1942.

Moneda de cobre was composed by Carlos Viván.

The lyrics of Moneda de cobre are by Horacio Sanguinetti.

Moneda de cobre: The opening lines of Moneda de cobre ('your father was blonde... your mother was black') allude to the 1864–70 War of the Triple Alliance against Paraguay, where Black soldiers were disproportionately sent to the front and died, leaving Buenos Aires's Afro-Argentine community with far more women than men who went on to marry white men.

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Credit

Music
Carlos Viván
Lyrics
Horacio Sanguinetti

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Every recording

4 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 2 more we know of

1940’50’60’70’80’90’00

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

  1. Ricardo TanturiEarliest we holdMost dancedAlberto Castillo · RCA Victor · Dec 4
    8 dances
    1942
  2. Lucio DemareRaúl Berón · Odeon · Apr 1
    7 dances
    1943
  3. Héctor VarelaArgentino Ledesma · Jun 16
    1 dance
    1953
  4. Orquesta Típica Fervor de Buenos AiresDiego Dimartino
    Not danced on film yet
    2006
  5. Carlos GarcíaNot in our catalogueRoberto Florio · Apr 211969
  6. Osvaldo RequenaNot in our catalogueAlberto Castillo1976

Danced to it

Music from 1942–2006 · danced on film 2010–2024

20102024
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2010: 1, 2011: 1, 2012: 1, 2013: 2, 2015: 1, 2019: 1, 2024: 1

Cristina Ladas & Homer Ladas2010 · 3:15

Through the decades

  1. The 2010sCristina Ladas & Homer Ladas2010
  2. The 2020sLucas Molina Gazcon & Judit Somos2024

Where it is danced

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

  1. Club Sin RumboVilla Urquiza
    1 performance
Rewritten under the radio censors, 1943–49
Data: recordings, facts and sources

In other catalogues3

TodoTango · tema/864

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tango.info · T0370195508

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MusicBrainz · 412794d0-4a84-4239-b104-31b46100309asource

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Is a1

Is a Tango

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Published1

Published 1942

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Composer1

Composed by Carlos Viván

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Lyricist1

Lyrics by Horacio Sanguinetti

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Notes1

The opening lines of Moneda de cobre ('your father was blonde... your mother was black') allude to the 1864–70 War of the Triple Alliance against Paraguay, where Black soldiers were disproportionately sent to the front and died, leaving Buenos Aires's Afro-Argentine community with far more women than men who went on to marry white men.

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Listen

  1. Moneda de cobreRicardo Tanturi · Alberto Castillo1942
  2. Moneda de cobreLucio Demare · Raúl Berón1943
  3. Moneda de cobreHéctor Varela · Argentino Ledesma1953
  4. Moneda de cobreOrquesta Típica Fervor de Buenos Aires · Diego Dimartino · no clip yet2006

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