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Negracha

Music by Osvaldo Pugliese. 7 recordings in our catalogue, 1948–2015.
1948: 1 · danced 90 times1994: 1 · danced 0 times1998: 1 · danced 0 times2005: 1 · danced 0 times2009: 1 · danced 0 times2013: 1 · danced 36 times2015: 1 · danced 44 times
1948’60’70’80’90’00’102015
records madedanced on film, by the record’s year· our catalogue

1948: 1, 90; 1994: 1, 0; 1998: 1, 0; 2005: 1, 0; 2009: 1, 0; 2013: 1, 36; 2015: 1, 44

  1. Osvaldo Pugliese’s 1948 version holds 52% of its dancing (90 of 170).

    How we know

    Of the dances to its 7 recordings in our catalogue. Dances count filmed Occasions on TangoTube.

  2. Color Tango (Roberto Alvarez) recorded it in 1994 and 1998. One other orchestra recorded it more than once.

    How we know

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

Negracha was composed by Osvaldo Pugliese.

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Credit

Music
Osvaldo Pugliese

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Every recording

7 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 7 more we know of

1940’50’60’70’80’90’00’10

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

  1. Osvaldo PuglieseEarliest we holdMost dancedInstrumental · Odeon · Jun 24
    90 dances
    1948
  2. Color Tango (Roberto Alvarez)Instrumental
    Not danced on film yet
    1994
  3. Color Tango (Roberto Alvarez)Instrumental
    Not danced on film yet
    1998
  4. Tango BardoInstrumental · Aug 1
    44 dances
    2015
  5. Orquesta Típica SilencioInstrumental
    Not danced on film yet
    2005
  6. Orquesta Típica SilencioInstrumental
    Not danced on film yet
    2009
  7. Orquesta Forever TangoInstrumental
    36 dances
    2013
  8. Astor PiazzollaNot in our catalogueInstrumental1956
  9. Raúl Miguel GarelloNot in our catalogueInstrumental · Jan 141980
  10. Color TangoNot in our catalogueInstrumental2003
  11. Raúl Miguel GarelloNot in our catalogueInstrumental
  12. Sexteto CanyengueNot in our catalogueInstrumental
  13. Orquesta SilencioNot in our catalogueInstrumental
  14. Solo Tango orquestaNot in our catalogueInstrumental

Danced to it

Music from 1948–2015 · danced on film 2005–2026

20052026
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2005: 1, 2007: 2, 2008: 2, 2009: 3, 2010: 4, 2011: 1, 2012: 5, 2013: 9, 2014: 5, 2015: 5, 2016: 7, 2017: 3, 2018: 7, 2019: 13, 2020: 6, 2021: 3, 2022: 11, 2023: 12, 2024: 5, 2025: 26, 2026: 3

Dmitry Vasin & Esmer OmerovaWorld Champion · Tango Escenario 20182014 · 3:08

Through the decades

  1. The 2000sFernando GraciaMundial de Baile de Tango · 2007
  2. The 2010sDmitry Vasin & Esmer Omerova2014
  3. The 2020sLeandro Oliver & Bruna EstellitaTorino Tango Festival · 2025

Where it is danced

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

  1. Salón El Pial (La Baldosa)Flores
    2 performances
  2. Club Social y Deportivo Villa MalcolmVilla Crespo
    1 performance

What we don't know yet3 of 4 known

The year it was written.

Data: recordings, facts and sources

Composer1

Composed by Osvaldo Pugliese1948

Supported · 3

In other catalogues2

tango.info · T0370051981

Single source

TodoTango · tema/1559

Single source

Notes1

Negracha is dedicated to a group of black women who followed the band and asked for music with more rhythm. It is an exercise in polyrhythm (3-3-2 against four), and goes 'absolutely bananas' at the end. Pugliese dropped it after about a year because it was too modern for his audience; Piazzolla openly said 'I come from Pugliese and his Negracha'.

Single source

Listen

  1. NegrachaOsvaldo Pugliese1948
  2. NegrachaColor Tango (Roberto Alvarez)1994
  3. NegrachaColor Tango (Roberto Alvarez)1998
  4. NegrachaOrquesta Típica Silencio · no clip yet2005
  5. NegrachaOrquesta Típica Silencio · no clip yet2009
  6. NegrachaOrquesta Forever Tango2013
  7. NegrachaTango Bardo2015

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