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Song

Triste comedia

Music by Héctor Stamponi, lyrics by Oscar Rubens. 4 recordings in our catalogue, 1949–1955.

Who recorded it

Every version4

Earliest we hold: José Basso, 1949

  1. Rodolfo BiagiHugo Duval1955
  2. Francisco LomutoMiguel Montero1950
  3. Alberto MancioneHéctor Alvarado1950
  4. José BassoFrancisco Fiorentino1949

Versions of Triste comedia recorded 1949–1955

Triste comedia is a tango.

Triste comedia was published in 1949.

Triste comedia was composed by Héctor Stamponi.

The lyrics of Triste comedia are by Oscar Rubens.

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

4 orchestras recorded it

5 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Héctor Stamponi
Words
Oscar Rubens
Written
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First played
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Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Lyrics

Read the lyrics on Rodolfo Biagi’s 1955 recording in TangoCloud

Every version

Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone

The catalogue holds 4 recordings of this song by 4 orchestras, 1949 to 1955.
1940’50
Recordings of Triste comedia by year, taller the more they are danced · 4 of 4 recordings carry a year · read Nov 2, 2026

4 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube

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

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

  1. Rodolfo BiagiMost dancedTriste comediaRodolfo BiagiHugo DuvaltangoOdeon
    5 dances
    1955
  2. Francisco LomutoTriste comediaFrancisco LomutoMiguel MonterotangoRCA Victor
    No match yet
    1950
  3. Alberto MancioneTriste comediaAlberto MancioneHéctor Alvaradotango
    No match yet
    1950
  4. José BassoEarliest we holdTriste comediaJosé BassoFrancisco FiorentinotangoOdeon
    No match yet
    1949
All recordings of Triste comedia

One recording

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

Rodolfo Biagi

Triste comediaRodolfo BiagiHugo DuvaltangoOdeon
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Couples filmed dancing this recording · 4 Performances

Gaston Torelli & Moira Castellano2010 · 3:44

Danced to it

Music from 1949–1955 · danced on film 2010–2023

20102023
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2010: 1, 2023: 1

Through the decades

  1. The 2010sGaston Torelli & Moira Castellano2010
  2. The 2020sVeronica Toumanova & Asya Moiseeva2023

Where it is danced

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

  1. Salón CanningPalermo
    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.

The one complete set on film

  1. Asya Moiseeva and Veronica Toumanova

    In the order danced: the video titles number them

    1. 1Triste comediaRodolfo Biagi, 1955
    2. 2Madame IvonneEdgardo Donato, 1935
    3. 3Tu boca mintióJuan D'Arienzo, 1951
    4. 4Viejo portónRodolfo Biagi, 1938
    Watch it on TangoTube

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Data: recordings, facts and sources

In other catalogues2

TodoTango · tema/1802

tango.info · Z0000048064

Is a1

Is a Tango

Published1

Published 1949

Composer1

Composed by Héctor Stamponi

Lyricist1

Lyrics by Oscar Rubens

Listen

  1. Triste comediaJosé BassoFrancisco FiorentinotangoOdeon
  2. Triste comediaFrancisco LomutoMiguel MonterotangoRCA Victor
  3. Triste comediaAlberto MancioneHéctor Alvaradotango
  4. Triste comediaRodolfo BiagiHugo DuvaltangoOdeon

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