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Milongón

Music by Francisco Canaro, lyrics by Homero Manzi. 4 recordings in our catalogue, 1938–1956.
1938: 1 · danced 3 times1939: 1 · danced 6 times1952: 1 · danced 2 times1956: 1 · danced 27 times
1938’40’501956
records madedanced on film, by the record’s year· our catalogue

1938: 1, 3; 1939: 1, 6; 1952: 1, 2; 1956: 1, 27

  1. Francisco Canaro recorded it in 1938 and 1956.

    How we know

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

Milongón was composed by Francisco Canaro.† The lyrics of Milongón are by Homero Manzi.†

Credit

Music
Francisco Canaro
Lyrics
Homero Manzi

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Every recording

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

1930’40’50

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

  1. Francisco CanaroEarliest we holdOdeon · Jun 20
    3 dances
    1938
  2. Francisco CanaroMost dancedAlberto Arenas · Odeon · Apr 26
    27 dances
    1956
  3. Francisco LomutoJorge Omar · RCA Victor · Feb 28
    6 dances
    1939
  4. Quinteto Pirincho (Francisco Canaro)Odeon · Apr 7
    2 dances
    1952
  5. -unspecified guitars-Not in our catalogueÁngel Vargas · Apr 171939
  6. Quinteto Pirincho, dir. Francisco CanaroNot in our catalogueApr 71952

Danced to it

Music from 1938–1956 · danced on film 2007–2025

20072025
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2007: 1, 2012: 2, 2013: 5, 2014: 1, 2015: 1, 2016: 1, 2017: 1, 2018: 3, 2019: 2, 2022: 1, 2024: 3, 2025: 1

Dante Sánchez & Angelica AvalosWorld Champion · Tango de Salón 20072007 · 2:09

Through the decades

  1. The 2000sDante Sánchez & Angelica Avalos2007
  2. The 2010sMichael Nadtochi & Eleonora Kalganova2017
  3. The 2020sBrenno Marques & Fatima Caracoch2024

Where it is danced

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

  1. 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 · T0370019138

Single source

TodoTango · tema/4052

Single source

Composer1

Composed by Francisco Canaro

Single source

Lyricist1

Lyrics by Homero Manzi

Single source

Listen

  1. MilongónFrancisco Canaro1938
  2. MilongónFrancisco Lomuto · Jorge Omar1939
  3. MilongónQuinteto Pirincho (Francisco Canaro)1952
  4. MilongónFrancisco Canaro · Alberto Arenas · no clip yet1956

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