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El lengue

Music by Edgardo Donato. 2 recordings in our catalogue, 1940–1957.
1940: 1 · danced 2 times1957: 1 · danced 11 times
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records madedanced on film, by the record’s year· our catalogue

1940: 1, 2; 1957: 1, 11

  1. Edgardo Donato recorded it in 1940 and 1957.

    How we know

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

El lengue was composed by Edgardo Donato.†

Credit

Music
Edgardo Donato

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Every recording

2 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube

1940’50

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

  1. Edgardo DonatoEarliest we holdInstrumental · RCA Victor · Dec 13
    2 dances
    1940
  2. Edgardo DonatoMost dancedInstrumental · Pampa · Mar 19
    11 dances
    1957

Danced to it

Music from 1940–1957 · danced on film 2009–2022

20092022
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2009: 1, 2012: 2, 2013: 2, 2014: 2, 2016: 2, 2022: 2

Brenno Marques & Eva IciksonWorld Champion · Tango de Pista 20242016 · 2:32

Through the decades

  1. The 2000sAndrea El Popul & Grazia Tartari2009
  2. The 2010sBrenno Marques & Eva Icikson2016
  3. The 2020sOscar Mandagaran & Georgina Vargas2022

Where it is danced

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

  1. DNI TangoAlmagro
    1 performance
  2. Salón CanningPalermo
    1 performance

What we don't know yet3 of 4 known

The year it was written.

Data: recordings, facts and sources

In other catalogues1

tango.info · T0370167079

Single source

Composer1

Composed by Edgardo Donato

Single source

Listen

  1. El lengueEdgardo Donato1940
  2. El lengueEdgardo Donato1957

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