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Elegante papirusa

Music by Tito Roccatagliata. 7 recordings in our catalogue, 1935–2003.
1935: 1 · danced 0 times1943: 1 · danced 2 times1956: 1 · danced 1 times1966: 1 · danced 0 times1970: 1 · danced 0 times1986: 1 · danced 0 times2003: 1 · danced 0 times
1935’50’60’70’80’902003
records madedanced on film, by the record’s year· our catalogue

1935: 1, 0; 1943: 1, 2; 1956: 1, 1; 1966: 1, 0; 1970: 1, 0; 1986: 1, 0; 2003: 1, 0

  1. Miguel Caló recorded it in 1943 and 1966.

    How we know

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

Credit

Music
Tito Roccatagliata

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Every recording

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

1930’40’50’60’70’80’90’00

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

  1. Juan D'ArienzoInstrumental · RCA Victor · Dec 16
    Not danced on film yet
    1970
  2. Osvaldo PuglieseInstrumental · Odeon · Jun 18
    Not danced on film yet
    1986
  3. Miguel CalóMost dancedInstrumental · Odeon · Dec 27
    2 dances
    1943
  4. Miguel CalóInstrumental · Odeon · Sep 5
    Not danced on film yet
    1966
  5. Edgardo DonatoEarliest we holdInstrumental · RCA Victor · Nov 20
    Not danced on film yet
    1935
  6. Enrique FranciniInstrumental · RCA Victor · Jul 27
    1 dance
    1956
  7. Orquesta Típica Sans SouciInstrumental · Apr 1
    Not danced on film yet
    2003
  8. Osvaldo FresedoNot in our catalogueInstrumental · Jul 211922
  9. Bernardo AlemanyNot in our catalogueInstrumental1938
  10. Bernardo AlemanyNot in our catalogue-unspecified male-1938
  11. Héctor VarelaNot in our catalogueInstrumental · Jun 81960

Danced to it

Music from 1935–2003 · danced on film 2015–2022

20152022
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2015: 1, 2019: 1, 2022: 1

Carlos Rivarola & Maria Rivarola2015 · 3:52

Through the decades

  1. The 2010sCarlos Rivarola & Maria Rivarola2015
  2. The 2020sDelfina Pissani & Diego Valero2022

Where it is danced

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

  1. Club Sin RumboVilla Urquiza
    1 performance

What we don't know yet3 of 4 known

The year it was written.

Data: recordings, facts and sources

In other catalogues2

tango.info · T0370010799

Single source

TodoTango · tema/716

Single source

Listen

  1. Elegante papirusaEdgardo Donato1935
  2. Elegante papirusaMiguel Caló1943
  3. Elegante papirusaEnrique Francini1956
  4. Elegante papirusaMiguel Caló1966
  5. Elegante papirusaJuan D'Arienzo1970
  6. Elegante papirusaOsvaldo Pugliese1986
  7. Elegante papirusaOrquesta Típica Sans Souci2003

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