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Puente Alsina

Music by Benjamín Tagle Lara, lyrics by Benjamín Tagle Lara. 4 recordings in our catalogue, 1927–1953.
1927: 1 · danced 0 times1949: 2 · danced 21 times1953: 1 · danced 1 times
1927’30’40’501953
records madedanced on film, by the record’s year· our catalogue

1927: 1, 0; 1949: 2, 21; 1953: 1, 1

Puente Alsina is a tango.

Puente Alsina was composed by Benjamín Tagle Lara.

The lyrics of Puente Alsina are by Benjamín Tagle Lara.

every sentence cites a published fact

Credit

Music
Benjamín Tagle Lara
Lyrics
Benjamín Tagle Lara

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Every recording

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

1920’30’40’50

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

  1. Osvaldo PuglieseMost dancedJorge Vidal · Odeon · Aug 22
    21 dances
    1949
  2. Pedro LaurenzAlfredo Del Rio · Pampa · Jun 25
    1 dance
    1953
  3. Típica VictorEarliest we holdInstrumental · RCA Victor · Apr 27
    Not danced on film yet
    1927
  4. Domingo FedericoMario Bustos · RCA Victor · Nov 25
    Not danced on film yet
    1949
  5. Vicente SpinaNot in our catalogueRosita Quiroga · Dec 211926
  6. Hugo Di CarloNot in our catalogueEduardo Adrián1950
  7. Eduardo AdriánNot in our catalogue
  8. Héctor MauréNot in our catalogue

Danced to it

Music from 1927–1953 · danced on film 2008–2025

20082025
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2008: 2, 2010: 2, 2015: 4, 2016: 3, 2017: 2, 2018: 3, 2019: 1, 2022: 1, 2023: 1, 2025: 2

Germán Ballejo & Magdalena GutiérrezWorld Champions · Tango de Pista 2017Gente Amiga · 2022 · 3:38

Through the decades

  1. The 2000sHoracio Pebete Godoy & Cecilia Garcia2008
  2. The 2010sCarlitos Espinoza & Noelia Hurtado2016
  3. The 2020sGermán Ballejo & Magdalena GutiérrezGente Amiga · 2022

What we don't know yet3 of 4 known

The year it was written.

Data: recordings, facts and sources

In other catalogues2

TodoTango · tema/667

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tango.info · T0370075754

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Is a1

Is a Tango

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Composer1

Composed by Benjamín Tagle Lara

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Lyricist1

Lyrics by Benjamín Tagle Lara

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Notes1

The lyric of 'Puente Alsina' mourns a Buenos Aires barrio being redeveloped and paved over; Lavocah reads porteños' strong attachment to neighbourhood partly to immigrant families being cut off from extended family abroad, making the barrio itself feel like 'mother'.

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Listen

  1. Puente AlsinaTípica Victor1927
  2. Puente AlsinaOsvaldo Pugliese · Jorge Vidal1949
  3. Puente AlsinaDomingo Federico · Mario Bustos1949
  4. Puente AlsinaPedro Laurenz · Alfredo del Rio1953

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