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El viejo vals · Francisco Rotundo · 1951

Francisco RotundoFloreal Ruiz, Enrique CamposvalsOdeon
Music by Charlo, lyrics by José González Castillo. 3 recordings in our catalogue, 1931–1986.

Pinned at 1951 · Golden Age 1935–1954 · Francisco Rotundo recordings indexed 1948–1957

El viejo vals · Francisco Rotundo · 1951 was sung by Enrique Campos and Floreal Ruiz.† El viejo vals · Francisco Rotundo · 1951 is a vals.† El viejo vals · Francisco Rotundo · 1951 lasts 02:55.† El viejo vals · Francisco Rotundo · 1951: A duet between Ruiz and Campos; called 'a real candy for the ear', though noted as a one-off that can't be built into a full Rotundo tanda.†

The work

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Music
Charlo
Lyrics
José González Castillo

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Recordings

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The catalogue holds 3 recordings of this song by 3 orchestras, 1931 to 1986.

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1930’40’50’60’70’80
Recordings of El viejo vals · Francisco Rotundo · 1951 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 · 4 more we know of

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

  1. Francisco CanaroEarliest we holdEl viejo valsFrancisco CanaroCharlovalsOdeon
    13 dances
    1931
  2. José BassoEl viejo valsJosé BassoEduardo Borda, Quique Ojedavals
    Not danced on film yet
    1986
  3. Francisco RotundoMost dancedEl viejo valsFrancisco RotundoFloreal Ruiz, Enrique CamposvalsOdeon
    152 dances
    1951
  4. -unspecified guitars-Not in our catalogueCharlo1938
  5. -unspecified guitars-Not in our catalogueCharlo · Jan 191955
  6. Rubén JuárezNot in our catalogue
  7. Dúo Fuertes-VarnerínNot in our catalogueAgustín Fuertes, Ariel Varnerín

Lyrics

Español

Al lánguido compás de un vals de Chopin, mi amor te confesé sin ver que más llamaba tu interés aquel vals. Por eso hoy mi canción a su mismo compás, te llora como un bien que ya jamás traerá a mi corazón su vaivén. Fue como un loco volar de falena con giros y vueltas en torno al fanal que nos deslumbra y nos llena de un dulce mareo sutil y fatal... Juntos mi pecho y tu seno... los dos corazones, latiendo a la par, fijo, impasible y sereno ¡tu frío mirar!... ¡Quién me diría que toda la gloria, de aquella gentil posesión, era la efímera coda que al valse ponía mi loca ilusión!... Dócil tu mano en mi mano... ¡Mi brazo oprimiendo tu talle liviano y en tanto mi acento muriendo en el lento girar del valsar!... Falena de salón. mi corazón también sus alas de ilusión quemó tenaz girando en aquel vals de Chopin... Borracho de pasión y ciego de querer, se lanza a tu atracción sin ver que más que un alma en ti, mujer, hay un vals.

English · machine translation

To the languid beat of a Chopin waltz, my love I confessed to you without seeing what else that waltz called your interest. That's why today my song to the same beat, weeps for you like a good that will never again will bring to my heart its swaying. It was like a mad flight of the skirt with twists and turns around the beacon that dazzles and fills us of a sweet, subtle and fatal dizziness... Together my breast and your breast... the two hearts, beating at the same time.., fixed, impassive and serene your cold gaze!... Who would tell me that all the glory of that gentle possession was the ephemeral coda that my crazy illusion put to the waltz!... Your hand docile in my hand... My arm pressing against your light waist and while my accent dying in the slow the waltz's slow spinning!... Falena de salón. my heart too its wings of illusion burned tenaciously spinning in that Chopin's waltz... Drunk with passion and blind with love he throws himself into your attraction without seeing that more than a soul in you, woman, there is a waltz.

The versions dancers use

Music from 1951 · danced on film 2010–2026

20102026
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2010: 3, 2011: 10, 2012: 11, 2013: 6, 2014: 14, 2015: 3, 2016: 3, 2017: 14, 2018: 7, 2019: 8, 2020: 1, 2021: 2, 2022: 2, 2023: 11, 2024: 1, 2025: 11, 2026: 1

Where it is danced

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

  1. Salón CanningPalermo
    4 performances
  2. La Viruta (Centro Armenio)Palermo
    1 performance
  3. MarabúSan Nicolás
    1 performance
  4. Salón El Pial (La Baldosa)Flores
    1 performance

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Danced alongside it

Our data: the recordings most often danced in the same filmed Performance as this one (one Couple dancing one to eight songs). Nearer the middle, more Performances.

  1. 1Reliquias porteñasFrancisco Canaro, 1938 · danced together in 5 Performances
  2. 2Mi dolorJuan D'Arienzo, 1972 · danced together in 3 Performances
  3. 3Milonga de mis amoresJuan D'Arienzo, 1970 · danced together in 3 Performances
  4. 4TorrenteLucio Demare, 1944 · danced together in 3 Performances
  5. 5MandriaJuan D'Arienzo, 1939 · danced together in 2 Performances
  6. 6La cicatrizJuan D'Arienzo, 1939 · danced together in 2 Performances
  7. 7Sentimiento gauchoJuan D'Arienzo, 1965 · danced together in 2 Performances
  8. 8TodoCarlos Di Sarli, 1943 · danced together in 2 Performances
  9. 9Entre pitada y pitadaCarlos Di Sarli, 1942 · danced together in 2 Performances
  10. 10Nochero soyOsvaldo Pugliese, 1956 · danced together in 2 Performances
Data: recordings, facts and sources

In other catalogues7

tango.info · 00094638989226-1-7

tango.info · 02480002152231-1-8

tango.info · 00724349695221-1-6

tango.info · 08427328140041-1-8

tango.info · 08427328133043-1-10

tango.info · 02480002027287-1-5

tango.info · 02480002028383-1-5

Singers2

Sung by Enrique Campos

Sung by Floreal Ruiz

Is a1

Is a vals

Duration1

Duration 02:55

Notes1

A duet between Ruiz and Campos; called 'a real candy for the ear', though noted as a one-off that can't be built into a full Rotundo tanda.

Vocal1

Vocal sung

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  1. El viejo valsFrancisco CanaroCharlo

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