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El distinguido ciudadano

Music by Peregrino Paulos. 6 recordings in our catalogue, 1932–1952.
1932: 1 · danced 0 times1940: 1 · danced 4 times1942: 1 · danced 0 times1943: 1 · danced 4 times1946: 1 · danced 1 times1952: 1 · danced 2 times
1932’40’501952
records madedanced on film, by the record’s year· our catalogue

1932: 1, 0; 1940: 1, 4; 1942: 1, 0; 1943: 1, 4; 1946: 1, 1; 1952: 1, 2

  1. Carlos Di Sarli recorded it in 1946 and 1952.

    How we know

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

El distinguido ciudadano is a tango.

El distinguido ciudadano was composed by Peregrino Paulos.

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Credit

Music
Peregrino Paulos

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Every recording

6 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 5 more we know of

1930’40’50

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

  1. Carlos Di SarliRCA Victor · May 3
    1 dance
    1946
  2. Carlos Di SarliInstrumental · Music Hall · Dec 12
    2 dances
    1952
  3. Aníbal TroiloRCA Victor · Aug 4
    4 dances
    1943
  4. Edgardo DonatoMost dancedRCA Victor · Jul 18
    4 dances
    1940
  5. José GarciaInstrumental · Apr 17
    Not danced on film yet
    1942
  6. Orquesta Típica Los Provincianos (Ciriaco Ortiz)Earliest we holdJul 27
    Not danced on film yet
    1932
  7. Roberto FirpoNot in our catalogue1916
  8. Héctor VarelaNot in our catalogueAug 121960
  9. Orquesta Típica CorrientesNot in our catalogue1978
  10. Elvino VardaroNot in our catalogue
  11. Leopoldo FedericoNot in our catalogue

Danced to it

Music from 1932–1952 · danced on film 2013–2022

20132022
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2013: 1, 2016: 2, 2018: 1, 2021: 1, 2022: 2

Agustín AgnezWorld Champion · Tango de Pista 20212013 · 2:18

Through the decades

  1. The 2010sAgustín Agnez2013
  2. The 2020sJavier Rodríguez & Moira Castellano2022

Where it is danced

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

  1. Club Sin RumboVilla Urquiza
    1 performance
  2. Espacio Riobamba (Club Castel)Balvanera
    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/2689

Single source

tango.info · T0370090940

Single source

MusicBrainz · d005eb1c-f9ea-4c52-9399-21a4d5dcbfc2source

Single source

Is a1

Is a Tango

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Composer1

Composed by Peregrino Paulos

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Listen

  1. El distinguido ciudadanoOrquesta Típica Los Provincianos (Ciriaco Ortiz) · no clip yet1932
  2. El distinguido ciudadanoEdgardo Donato1940
  3. El distinguido ciudadanoJosé Garcia1942
  4. El distinguido ciudadanoAníbal Troilo1943
  5. El distinguido ciudadanoCarlos Di Sarli1946
  6. El distinguido ciudadanoCarlos Di Sarli1952

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