Song
El viejo vals · Francisco Rotundo · 1951
Francisco RotundoFloreal Ruiz, Enrique CamposvalsOdeonPinned 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
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Recordings
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3 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 4 more we know of
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- Francisco CanaroEarliest we holdEl viejo valsFrancisco CanaroCharlovalsOdeon13 dances1931
- José BassoEl viejo valsJosé BassoEduardo Borda, Quique OjedavalsNot danced on film yet1986
- Francisco RotundoMost dancedEl viejo valsFrancisco RotundoFloreal Ruiz, Enrique CamposvalsOdeon152 dances1951
- -unspecified guitars-Not in our catalogueCharlo1938
- -unspecified guitars-Not in our catalogueCharlo · Jan 191955
- Rubén JuárezNot in our catalogue
- 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
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.
Read more
- PodcastTango By Year: Tango 1951
- EntryEnrique CamposSinger
- EntryFloreal RuizSinger
- EntryEl viejo vals · Enrique Campos · 1969Recording
- EntryLlorando la carta · Francisco Rotundo · 1951Recording
- EntryEsclavas blancas · Francisco Rotundo · 1950Recording
- EntryUn remordimiento · Francisco Rotundo · 1955Recording
- EntryUn infierno · Francisco Rotundo · 1953Recording
- EntryMis delirios · Francisco Rotundo · 1949Recording
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.
- 1Reliquias porteñasFrancisco Canaro, 1938 · danced together in 5 Performances
- 2Mi dolorJuan D'Arienzo, 1972 · danced together in 3 Performances
- 3Milonga de mis amoresJuan D'Arienzo, 1970 · danced together in 3 Performances
- 4TorrenteLucio Demare, 1944 · danced together in 3 Performances
- 5MandriaJuan D'Arienzo, 1939 · danced together in 2 Performances
- 6La cicatrizJuan D'Arienzo, 1939 · danced together in 2 Performances
- 7Sentimiento gauchoJuan D'Arienzo, 1965 · danced together in 2 Performances
- 8TodoCarlos Di Sarli, 1943 · danced together in 2 Performances
- 9Entre pitada y pitadaCarlos Di Sarli, 1942 · danced together in 2 Performances
- 10Nochero soyOsvaldo Pugliese, 1956 · danced together in 2 Performances
Connected
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Danced at
- Belgrade Tango Encuentro3 videos
- Floreal Milonga2 videos
- El Motivo Tango2 videos
- Kiev International Tango Festival1 video
- Campeonato de Baile de la Ciudad1 video
- Milonga Malena1 video
- Yira Yira1 video
- Gente Amiga1 video
- Festival Tango Porto1 video
- Sunny Tango Festival1 video
- Istanbul Tango Festival1 video
- Milonguero Nights1 video
Danced by
- Sebastian Jimenez19 videos
- Maria Inés Bogado12 videos
- Miguel Angel Zotto8 videos
- Daiana Guspero8 videos
- Stefanía Colina6 videos
- Juan Martín Carrara6 videos
- Maja Petrović6 videos
- Suyay Quiroga4 videos
- Ernesto Balmaceda4 videos
- Junior Cervila4 videos
- Claudio Forte4 videos
- Marco Palladino4 videos
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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