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Malvón

Music by Oscar Arona, lyrics by Francisco García Jiménez. 2 recordings in our catalogue, 1943–1998.
1943: 1 · danced 41 times1998: 1 · danced 0 times
1943’50’60’70’80’901998
records madedanced on film, by the record’s year· our catalogue

1943: 1, 41; 1998: 1, 0

Malvón was composed by Oscar Arona.† The lyrics of Malvón are by Francisco García Jiménez.†

Credit

Music
Oscar Arona
Lyrics
Francisco García Jiménez

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Every recording

2 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 1 more we know of

1940’50’60’70’80’90

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

  1. Ricardo TanturiEarliest we holdMost dancedEnrique Campos · RCA Victor · Nov 17
    41 dances
    1943
  2. Orquesta El ArranqueMarcelo Barberis
    Not danced on film yet
    1998
  3. Ariel ArditNot in our catalogue

Danced to it

Music from 1943–1998 · danced on film 2009–2026

20092026
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2009: 3, 2011: 2, 2012: 2, 2013: 2, 2014: 1, 2015: 2, 2016: 5, 2017: 7, 2018: 1, 2019: 3, 2021: 2, 2022: 3, 2023: 4, 2025: 6, 2026: 1

Sebastián Achaval & Roxana SuárezWorld Champion · Tango de Salón 2005Nora's Tango Week · 2012 · 2:51

Through the decades

  1. The 2000sFabián Peralta & Virginia Pandolfi2009
  2. The 2010sSebastián Achaval & Roxana SuárezNora's Tango Week · 2012
  3. The 2020sSebastián Achaval2026

Where it is danced

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

  1. Club Sin RumboVilla Urquiza
    2 performances
  2. Espacio Riobamba (Club Castel)Balvanera
    1 performance
  3. MarabúSan Nicolás
    1 performance

What we don't know yet3 of 4 known

The year it was written.

Data: recordings, facts and sources

In other catalogues2

tango.info · T0370204151

Single source

TodoTango · tema/355

Single source

Composer1

Composed by Oscar Arona

Single source

Lyricist1

Lyrics by Francisco García Jiménez

Single source

Listen

  1. MalvónRicardo Tanturi · Enrique Campos1943
  2. MalvónOrquesta El Arranque · Marcelo Barberis · no clip yet1998

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