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El africano

Music by Eduardo Pereyra. 10 recordings in our catalogue, 1920–1978.
1920: 1 · danced 0 times1937: 1 · danced 0 times1945: 2 · danced 1 times1951: 1 · danced 0 times1966: 2 · danced 0 times1967: 1 · danced 0 times1969: 1 · danced 5 times1978: 1 · danced 0 times
1920’30’40’50’60’701978
records madedanced on film, by the record’s year· our catalogue

1920: 1, 0; 1937: 1, 0; 1945: 2, 1; 1951: 1, 0; 1966: 2, 0; 1967: 1, 0; 1969: 1, 5; 1978: 1, 0

  1. Juan D'Arienzo recorded it in 1937 and 1969. One other orchestra recorded it more than once.

    How we know

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

El africano is a tango.

El africano was composed by Eduardo Pereyra.

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Credit

Music
Eduardo Pereyra

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Every recording

10 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 7 more we know of

1920’30’40’50’60’70

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

  1. Juan D'ArienzoInstrumental · RCA Victor · Dec 14
    Not danced on film yet
    1937
  2. Juan D'ArienzoMost dancedInstrumental · RCA Victor · Aug 1
    5 dances
    1969
  3. Aníbal TroiloInstrumental · RCA Victor · Nov 15
    1 dance
    1945
  4. Aníbal TroiloInstrumental · RCA Victor · Oct 18
    Not danced on film yet
    1967
  5. Osvaldo PuglieseInstrumental · Odeon · Dec 20
    Not danced on film yet
    1978
  6. Enrique RodríguezInstrumental · Odeon · Dec 26
    Not danced on film yet
    1945
  7. Francisco CanaroEarliest we holdInstrumental · Columbia
    Not danced on film yet
    1920
  8. Armando PontierInstrumental · Dec 16
    Not danced on film yet
    1966
  9. Héctor VarelaInstrumental · Nov 15
    Not danced on film yet
    1951
  10. Mariano MoresInstrumental
    Not danced on film yet
    1966
  11. Cayetano PuglisiNot in our catalogueInstrumental · Oct 71929
  12. Los muchachos de antesNot in our catalogueInstrumental1958
  13. Los muchachos de antesNot in our catalogueInstrumental1975
  14. José CanetNot in our catalogueNelly Omar1979
  15. Juanjo DomínguezNot in our catalogueInstrumental
  16. Leopoldo Federico, Roberto GrelaNot in our catalogueInstrumental
  17. Los muchachos de antesNot in our catalogueInstrumental

Danced to it

Music from 1920–1978 · danced on film 2010–2025

20102025
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2010: 2, 2025: 1

Agustín AgnezWorld Champion · Tango de Pista 20213:28

Through the decades

  1. The 2010sMariano Chicho Frúmboli & Juana SepulvedaMilonguero Nights · 2010
  2. The 2020sMariano Logiudice & Guillermina Quiroga2025

Where it is danced

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

  1. 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 catalogues3

TodoTango · tema/1184

Single source

tango.info · T0370000319

Single source

MusicBrainz · 76621927-9560-472c-b573-7ac98ada4705source

Single source

Is a1

Is a Tango

Single source

Composer1

Composed by Eduardo Pereyra

Single source

Listen

  1. El africanoFrancisco Canaro · no clip yet1920
  2. El africanoJuan D'Arienzo1937
  3. El africanoAníbal Troilo1945
  4. El africanoEnrique Rodríguez1945
  5. El africanoHéctor Varela1951
  6. El africanoArmando Pontier · no clip yet1966
  7. El africanoMariano Mores · no clip yet1966
  8. El africanoAníbal Troilo1967
  9. El africanoJuan D'Arienzo1969
  10. El africanoOsvaldo Pugliese · no clip yet1978

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