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Esta noche de luna · Carlos Di Sarli · 1943

Carlos Di SarliRoberto RufinotangoRCA Victor
Music by José García, Graciano Gómez, lyrics by Héctor Marcó. 6 recordings in our catalogue, 1943–2016.

Who recorded it

Every version6

Earliest we hold: José Garcia, 1943

  1. Carlos Di SarliRoberto Rufino1943
  2. Osvaldo PuglieseJorge Maciel1955
  3. Francisco CanaroCarlos Roldán1944
  4. Julio De CaroRoberto Medina1951
  5. José GarciaAlfredo Rojas1943
  6. Orquesta Romantica MilongueraMarisol Martínez2016

Pinned at 1943 · Golden Age 1935–1954 · Carlos Di Sarli recordings indexed 1928–1960 · gold: Melodic, 1942–1949

Esta noche de luna · Carlos Di Sarli · 1943 was sung by Roberto Rufino.† Esta noche de luna · Carlos Di Sarli · 1943 is a tango.† Esta noche de luna · Carlos Di Sarli · 1943 lasts 03:16.†

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

6 orchestras recorded it

591 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
José García, Graciano Gómez
Words
Héctor Marcó
Written
not yet cited · help fill it
First played
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Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Lyrics

Read the lyrics on Osvaldo Pugliese’s 1955 recording in TangoCloud

Every version

Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone

The catalogue holds 6 recordings of this song by 6 orchestras, 1943 to 2016.
1940’50’60’70’80’90’00’10
Recordings of Esta noche de luna · Carlos Di Sarli · 1943 by year, taller the more they are danced · 6 of 6 recordings carry a year · read Nov 2, 2026

6 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 9 more we know of

a version people dance tono Dances matched yet: something to listen to

The leader is Osvaldo Pugliese, 1955, with 51% of the 591 filmed dances matched to a version of this song.

“No match yet” means no filmed dance is tied to that version so far, not that nobody dances it. Dances whose music we have not identified are left out.

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

  1. Osvaldo PuglieseMost dancedEsta noche de lunaOsvaldo PuglieseJorge MacieltangoOdeon
    300 dances · 51%
    1955
  2. Carlos Di SarliEsta noche de lunaCarlos Di SarliRoberto RufinotangoRCA Victor
    217 dances · 37%
    1943
  3. José GarciaEarliest we holdEsta noche de lunaJosé GarciaAlfredo Rojastango
    44 dances · 7%
    1943
  4. Francisco CanaroEsta noche de lunaFrancisco CanaroCarlos RoldántangoOdeon
    13 dances · 2%
    1944
  5. Orquesta Romantica MilongueraEsta noche de lunaOrquesta Romantica MilongueraMarisol Martíneztango
    13 dances · 2%
    2016
  6. Julio De CaroEsta noche de lunaJulio De CaroRoberto Medinatango
    4 dances · <1%
    1951
  7. Alfredo MalerbaNot in our catalogueLibertad Lamarque · May 211944
  8. Graciano GómezNot in our catalogueNina Miranda1950
  9. Osvaldo PuglieseNot in our catalogueJorge Maciel1962
  10. Carlos NoguésNot in our catalogue
  11. Libertad LamarqueNot in our catalogue
  12. Alberto MarinoNot in our catalogue
  13. Alfredo J. GobbiNot in our catalogueCarlos Nogués
  14. Graciano GómezNot in our catalogueNina Miranda
  15. Mario MauranoNot in our catalogueLibertad Lamarque

One recording

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

Carlos Di Sarli

Esta noche de lunaCarlos Di SarliRoberto RufinotangoRCA Victor

Couples filmed dancing this recording · 218 Performances

Hiroshi Yamao & Kyoko YamaoWorld Champions · Tango de Salón 20092009 · 3:48

Recorded the same day

What else Carlos Di Sarli recorded on Dec 17, 1943.

  1. Boedo y San JuanCarlos Di SarliRoberto RufinotangoRCA Victor
  2. MaldonadoCarlos Di SarliRoberto RufinomilongaRCA Victor
  3. Tierra negraCarlos Di SarliinstrumentaltangoRCA Victor

Danced to it

Music from 1943 · danced on film 2007–2025

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

2007: 2, 2008: 6, 2009: 13, 2010: 15, 2011: 22, 2012: 22, 2013: 25, 2014: 14, 2015: 9, 2016: 5, 2017: 7, 2018: 7, 2019: 2, 2020: 1, 2022: 2, 2024: 1, 2025: 2

Through the decades

  1. The 2000sHiroshi Yamao & Kyoko Yamao2009
  2. The 2010sSebastian Jimenez & Maria Inés Bogado2011
  3. The 2020sPablo Inza & Sofia Saborido2022

Where it is danced

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

  1. Salón El Pial (La Baldosa)Flores
    3 performances
  2. Club GricelSan Cristóbal
    2 performances
  3. Club Sin RumboVilla Urquiza
    1 performance
  4. El BesoBalvanera
    1 performance
  5. El Yeite Tango ClubVilla Crespo
    1 performance
  6. La CatedralAlmagro
    1 performance
  7. La MilonguitaColegiales
    1 performance
  8. La Viruta (Centro Armenio)Palermo
    1 performance
  9. Salón CanningPalermo
    1 performance
  10. Sunderland ClubVilla Urquiza
    1 performance

Filmed sets

One Couple dancing three or four songs at one Occasion, every song known. What was danced on film, not what a DJ played.

3 of 12 complete sets on film

  1. Jesica Arfenoni and Maximiliano Cristiani

    2014 · In upload order: nobody has said the order danced

    1. 1No mientasJuan D'Arienzo, 1938
    2. 2Jamás retornarásMiguel Caló, 1942
    3. 3Esta noche de lunaCarlos Di Sarli, 1943
    4. 4Solamente ellaLucio Demare, 1944
    Watch it on TangoTube

  2. Federico Naveira and Ines Muzzopappa

    2011 · In upload order: nobody has said the order danced

    1. 1Sin lágrimasOsvaldo Pugliese, 1946
    2. 2La milonga de mis tiemposFrancisco Canaro, 1938
    3. 3Esta noche de lunaCarlos Di Sarli, 1943
    4. 4AmuradoPedro Laurenz, 1940
    Watch it on TangoTube

  3. Carla Espinoza and Gabriel Missé

    2017 · In upload order: nobody has said the order danced

    1. 1RemembranzaOsvaldo Pugliese, 1956
    2. 2Esta noche de lunaCarlos Di Sarli, 1943
    3. 3Tu boca mintióJuan D'Arienzo, 1951
    4. 4Bien PulentaJuan D'Arienzo, 1950
    Watch it on TangoTube

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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. 1PacienciaJuan D'Arienzo, 1970 · danced together in 6 Performances
  2. 2Bien PulentaJuan D'Arienzo, 1950 · danced together in 4 Performances
  3. 3MandriaJuan D'Arienzo, 1939 · danced together in 3 Performances
  4. 4Milonga vieja milongaJuan D'Arienzo, 1937 · danced together in 3 Performances
  5. 5PatéticoOsvaldo Pugliese, 1948 · danced together in 3 Performances
  6. 6Campo afueraRodolfo Biagi, 1939 · danced together in 3 Performances
  7. 7Reliquias porteñasFrancisco Canaro, 1938 · danced together in 3 Performances
  8. 8La cicatrizJuan D'Arienzo, 1939 · danced together in 2 Performances
  9. 9No mientasJuan D'Arienzo, 1938 · danced together in 2 Performances
  10. 10Estampa de varónJuan D'Arienzo, 1938 · danced together in 2 Performances

Cite this

Connected

From TangoTube's videos · our data

Data: recordings, facts and sources

In other catalogues7

tango.info · 02480002005087-1-15

tango.info · 00743218369926-1-9

tango.info · 00828766035421-1-4

tango.info · 02480002028871-1-3

tango.info · 02480002030881-1-5

tango.info · 02480002718437-1-1

tango.info · 02480002718444-1-1

Singers1

Sung by Roberto Rufino

Is a1

Is a tango

Duration1

Duration 03:16

Audio feature15

Audio feature 117.5

Audio feature 0.949

Audio feature A#

Audio feature major

Audio feature 0.724

Audio feature -20.6

Audio feature 0.449

Audio feature 0.308

Audio feature 0.314

Audio feature 0.008

Audio feature 0.0

Audio feature 0.678

Audio feature 118.2

Audio feature 59.1

Audio feature step

Vocal1

Vocal sung

Listen

  1. Esta noche de lunaJosé GarciaAlfredo Rojas

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