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Historia sentimental

Music by Humberto Canaro, lyrics by Francisco García Jiménez. 1 recordings in our catalogue, 1938–1938.

Who recorded it

Every version1

Earliest we hold: Francisco Canaro, 1938

  1. Francisco Canaro1938

Versions of Historia sentimental recorded 1938

Historia sentimental was composed by Humberto Canaro.† The lyrics of Historia sentimental are by Francisco García Jiménez.†

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

1 orchestra recorded it

15 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Humberto Canaro
Words
Francisco García Jiménez
Written
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First played
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Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Every version

Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone

The catalogue holds 1 recordings of this song by 1 orchestras, 1938 to 1938.

1 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube

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  1. Francisco CanaroEarliest we holdMost dancedHistoria sentimentalFrancisco CanaroinstrumentalmilongaOdeon
    15 dances
    1938
All recordings of Historia sentimental

One recording

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

Francisco Canaro

Historia sentimentalFrancisco CanaroinstrumentalmilongaOdeon
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Couples filmed dancing this recording · 16 Performances

Javier Rodríguez & Andrea Misse2007 · 3:18

Danced to it

Music from 1938 · danced on film 2007–2025

20072025
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2007: 1, 2008: 2, 2012: 1, 2015: 1, 2016: 1, 2018: 2, 2024: 2, 2025: 1

Through the decades

  1. The 2000sJavier Rodríguez & Andrea Misse2007
  2. The 2010sLeonid Martynovsky & Oleg Okunev & Elena SidorovaPlanetango · 2012
  3. The 2020sJavier Rodríguez & Vanina Bilous2024

Where it is danced

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

  1. Sunderland ClubVilla Urquiza
    1 performance

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What we don't know yet3 of 4 known

The year it was written.

Data: recordings, facts and sources

In other catalogues1

tango.info · T0370014939

Composer1

Composed by Humberto Canaro

Lyricist1

Lyrics by Francisco García Jiménez

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  1. Historia sentimentalFrancisco CanaroinstrumentalmilongaOdeon

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