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Song

Cuando un viejo se enamora

Music by Rodolfo Sciammarella, lyrics by Manuel Romero. 2 recordings in our catalogue, 1942–1942.

Who recorded it

Every version2

Earliest we hold: Francisco Canaro, 1942

  1. Carlos Di SarliRoberto Rufino1942
  2. Francisco CanaroCarlos Roldán1942

Versions of Cuando un viejo se enamora recorded 1942

Cuando un viejo se enamora was composed by Rodolfo Sciammarella.† The lyrics of Cuando un viejo se enamora are by Manuel Romero.†

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

2 orchestras recorded it

38 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Rodolfo Sciammarella
Words
Manuel Romero
Written
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First played
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Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Lyrics

Read the lyrics on Carlos Di Sarli’s 1942 recording in TangoCloud

Every version

Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone

The catalogue holds 2 recordings of this song by 2 orchestras, 1942 to 1942.
1940
Recordings of Cuando un viejo se enamora by year, taller the more they are danced · 2 of 2 recordings carry a year · read Nov 2, 2026

2 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube

a version people dance tono Dances matched yet: something to listen to

The leader is Carlos Di Sarli, 1942, with 68% of the 38 filmed dances matched to a version of this song.

“No match yet” means no filmed dance is tied to that version so far, not that nobody dances it. Dances whose music we have not identified are left out.

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

  1. Carlos Di SarliMost dancedCuando un viejo se enamoraCarlos Di SarliRoberto RufinomilongaRCA Victor
    26 dances · 68%
    1942
  2. Francisco CanaroEarliest we holdCuando un viejo se enamoraFrancisco CanaroCarlos RoldánmilongaOdeon
    12 dances · 32%
    1942
All recordings of Cuando un viejo se enamora

One recording

A dated take, with its sound and the couples dancing it.

Carlos Di Sarli

Cuando un viejo se enamoraCarlos Di SarliRoberto RufinomilongaRCA Victor
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Couples filmed dancing this recording · 28 Performances

Diego Amorín & Ines MuzzopappaWorld Champion · Tango de Salón 20072017 · 2:06

Danced to it

Music from 1942 · danced on film 2009–2022

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

2009: 1, 2011: 2, 2013: 1, 2014: 4, 2015: 6, 2016: 7, 2017: 2, 2018: 1, 2020: 2, 2022: 1

Through the decades

  1. The 2000sJorge Pahl & Antonia Barrera2009
  2. The 2010sDiego Amorín & Ines Muzzopappa2017
  3. The 2020sLevan Gomelauri & Cecilia Acosta2020

Where it is danced

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

  1. El BesoBalvanera
    1 performance

Filmed sets

One Couple dancing three or four songs at one Occasion, every song known. What was danced on film, not what a DJ played.

3 of 7 complete sets on film

  1. Bruno Tombari and Rocio Lequio

    Viva La Pepa, 2014 · In the order danced: the video titles number them

    1. 1AmarguraEdgardo Donato, 1931
    2. 2Cuando un viejo se enamoraCarlos Di Sarli, 1942
    3. 3Nuestra nocheCarlos Di Sarli, 1957
    4. 4AnsiedadJuan D'Arienzo, 1938
    Watch it on TangoTube

  2. Cecilia Acosta and Levan Gomelauri

    2020 · In upload order: nobody has said the order danced

    1. 1Cuando un viejo se enamoraFrancisco Canaro, 1942
    2. 2Valsecito criolloJuan D'Arienzo, 1937
    3. 3La vida es cortaRicardo Tanturi, 1941
    4. 4Y la perdiAníbal Troilo, 1947
    Watch it on TangoTube

  3. Alejandra Mantinan and Filippo Avignonesi

    In upload order: nobody has said the order danced

    1. 1Desde el almaColor Tango (Roberto Alvarez), 2003
    2. 2AmuradoHugo Diaz, 1972
    3. 3MandriaJuan D'Arienzo, 1939
    4. 4Cuando un viejo se enamoraFrancisco Canaro, 1942
    Watch it on TangoTube

Read more

What we don't know yet3 of 4 known

The year it was written.

Data: recordings, facts and sources

In other catalogues2

tango.info · T0370188990

TodoTango · tema/889

Composer1

Composed by Rodolfo Sciammarella

Lyricist1

Lyrics by Manuel Romero

Listen

  1. Cuando un viejo se enamoraFrancisco CanaroCarlos RoldánmilongaOdeon
  2. Cuando un viejo se enamoraCarlos Di SarliRoberto RufinomilongaRCA Victor

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