Song
Valsecito de antes
1937: 1, 65; 1952: 1, 0
Valsecito de antes was composed by Antonio Sureda.
Valsecito de antes is a vals.
The lyrics of Valsecito de antes are by Homero Manzi.
every sentence cites a published fact
Credit
- Music
- Antonio Sureda
- Lyrics
- Homero Manzi
Source: TangoCloud catalogue
Every recording
2 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 4 more we know of
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- Juan D'ArienzoEarliest we holdMost dancedInstrumental · RCA Victor · Aug 3165 dances1937
- Domingo FedericoArmando Moreno · RCA Victor · Sep 11Not danced on film yet1952
- Juan Bautista GuidoNot in our catalogueJoaquina Carreras · Oct 81929
- Dante RessiaNot in our catalogue1954
- -unspecified guitars-Not in our catalogueDante Ressia · Sep 71954
- -unspecified guitars-Not in our catalogueRoberto Díaz
Lyrics
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Valsecito que traes el perfume de los bailes debajo del parral, y el recuerdo del gringo organista que sonaba por el arrabal. La poesía del barrio de entonces se despierta en tu viejo compás, y la mente dibuja el paisaje de un patio estrellado detrás de un portal. Para llorar tu sentir te enredás en el violín, y acollarás el matungo de tu son al bajo del bandoneón. Y si sopla un vendaval en la huella del querer, en la guitarra gentil del sos el lamento mejor. Los muchachos te rezan silbando y las pibas te cantan también. Y el trovero gangoso del barrio en tus notas diluye un desdén. Y si junto a la reja en tus sones se perfuma la voz de un cantor, un par de ojos borrachos de ensueño te dicen las gracias con un lagrimón. Si en la esquina pintada del barrio se destrenza tu humilde canción de ternuras las noches plateadas prenden una estrellita de amor. Porque fuiste el primer cancionero para el alma del barrio cantor, sos la contra del tango malevo y si él es guapeza, vos sos todo amor.
English · machine translation
Valsecito you bring the perfume of the dances under the grapevine, and the memory of the gringo organist that sounded in the suburbs. The poetry of the neighborhood of that time awakens in your old compass, and the mind draws the landscape of a starry courtyard behind a doorway. To mourn your feelings you will entangle yourself in the violin and you will cushion the matungo of your son to the bass of the bandoneon. And if a gale blows in the footprint of love, in the gentle guitar of the payador you are the best lament. The boys pray to you whistling and the girls sing to you too. And the neighborhood's trovero gangoso in your notes dilutes a disdain. And if next to the grille in your sounds the voice of a singer is perfumed, a pair of drunken dreamy eyes say thank you with a tear. If in the painted corner of the neighborhood your humble song is untrenched of tenderness the silver nights light a little star of love. Because you were the first songbook for the soul of the singing neighborhood, you are the counter of the malevo tango and if he is guapeza, you are all love.
Danced to it
Music from 1937–1952 · danced on film 2009–2026
2009: 1, 2010: 2, 2011: 4, 2012: 4, 2013: 3, 2014: 4, 2015: 7, 2016: 3, 2018: 1, 2019: 6, 2022: 1, 2023: 2, 2024: 4, 2025: 5, 2026: 2
Where it is danced
The places our videos show it danced, by performances filmed there.
What we don't know yet3 of 4 known
The year it was written.
Data: recordings, facts and sources
Composer1
Composed by Antonio Sureda
Supported · 2In other catalogues3
TodoTango · tema/573
Single sourcetango.info · T0370029483
Single sourceMusicBrainz · 45a1bd44-9203-42a9-8da0-6dabdb92e297source
Single sourceIs a1
Is a Vals
Single sourceLyricist1
Lyrics by Homero Manzi
Single sourceListen
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