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Cuatro palabras

Music by Miguel Bucino, lyrics by Miguel Bucino. 3 recordings in our catalogue, 1941–1941.

Versions of Cuatro palabras recorded 1941

Cuatro palabras was composed by Miguel Bucino.† The lyrics of Cuatro palabras are by Miguel Bucino.†

The work

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Music
Miguel Bucino
Lyrics
Miguel Bucino

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Recordings

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The catalogue holds 3 recordings of this song by 3 orchestras, 1941 to 1941.

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1940
Recordings of Cuatro palabras by year, taller the more they are danced · 3 of 3 recordings carry a year · read Nov 1, 2026

3 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube

The leader is Juan D'Arienzo, 1941, with 64% of the 186 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. Juan D'ArienzoMost dancedCuatro palabrasJuan D'ArienzoHéctor MaurévalsRCA Victor
    119 dances · 64%
    1941
  2. Rodolfo BiagiCuatro palabrasRodolfo BiagiJorge OrtizvalsOdeon
    64 dances · 34%
    1941
  3. Francisco CanaroEarliest we holdCuatro palabrasFrancisco CanaroErnesto FamávalsOdeon
    3 dances · 2%
    1941

The versions dancers use

Music from 1941 · danced on film 2006–2025

20062025
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2006: 2, 2007: 3, 2008: 1, 2010: 3, 2011: 4, 2012: 7, 2013: 4, 2014: 9, 2015: 6, 2016: 10, 2017: 9, 2018: 9, 2019: 8, 2020: 4, 2021: 5, 2022: 9, 2023: 13, 2024: 10, 2025: 18

Where it is danced

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

  1. MarabúSan Nicolás
    2 performances
  2. Espacio Riobamba (Club Castel)Balvanera
    1 performance
  3. Plaza DorregoSan Telmo
    1 performance

In their words

  • Él no hablaba mucho, hablaba poquito, pero en cuatro palabras te explicaba más que otro en doscientas.

    Guillermo Fernández · GUILLERMO FERNÁNDEZ Tengo una pregunta para vos (por Pepa Palazón) with ENGLISH subtitles.

    open at 50:40

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What we don't know yet3 of 4 known

The year it was written.

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