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Mientras duerme la ciudad · Rodolfo Biagi · 1946

Rodolfo BiagiCarlos SaavedratangoOdeon
Music by Alberto Suárez Villanueva, lyrics by Oscar Rubens. 2 recordings in our catalogue, 1946–1946.

Who recorded it

Every version2

Earliest we hold: Osmar Maderna, 1946

  1. Rodolfo BiagiCarlos Saavedra1946
  2. Osmar MadernaLuis Tolosa1946

Pinned at 1946 · Golden Age 1935–1954 · Rodolfo Biagi recordings indexed 1927–1966 · gold: With Amor, 1943–1956

Mientras duerme la ciudad · Rodolfo Biagi · 1946 was sung by Carlos Saavedra.† Mientras duerme la ciudad · Rodolfo Biagi · 1946 is a tango.† Mientras duerme la ciudad · Rodolfo Biagi · 1946 lasts 02:55.† Mientras duerme la ciudad · Rodolfo Biagi · 1946: Discussed as a sign of the times: more space given to the singer's voice than early Biagi.†

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

2 orchestras recorded it

0 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Alberto Suárez Villanueva
Words
Oscar Rubens
Written
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First played
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Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Lyrics

Read the lyrics on Osmar Maderna’s 1946 recording in TangoCloud

Every version

Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone

The catalogue holds 2 recordings of this song by 2 orchestras, 1946 to 1946.
1940
Recordings of Mientras duerme la ciudad · Rodolfo Biagi · 1946 by year, taller the more they are danced · 2 of 2 recordings carry a year · read Nov 2, 2026

2 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube

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

  1. Rodolfo BiagiMientras duerme la ciudadRodolfo BiagiCarlos SaavedratangoOdeon1946
  2. Osmar MadernaEarliest we holdMientras duerme la ciudadOsmar MadernaLuis TolosatangoRCA Victor1946

One recording

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

Rodolfo Biagi

Mientras duerme la ciudadRodolfo BiagiCarlos SaavedratangoOdeon

Couples filmed dancing this recording · 1 Performance

Viacheslav Ivanov1:52

Recorded the same day

What else Rodolfo Biagi recorded on May 23, 1946.

  1. Camino del TucumánRodolfo BiagiAlberto AmortangoOdeon

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In other catalogues4

tango.info · 02480002027447-1-2

tango.info · 00724352913923-1-13

tango.info · 08427328131216-1-18

tango.info · 04024236201006-1-3

Singers1

Sung by Carlos Saavedra

Is a1

Is a tango

Duration1

Duration 02:55

Audio feature26

Audio feature 120.2

Audio feature 0.943

Audio feature C

Audio feature major

Audio feature 0.74

Audio feature -23.9

Audio feature 0.35

Audio feature 0.234

Audio feature 0.367

Audio feature 0.011

Audio feature 0.0

Audio feature 0.621

Audio feature 123.0

Audio feature 0.938

Audio feature 0.749

Audio feature -20.7

Audio feature 0.347

Audio feature 0.249

Audio feature 0.395

Audio feature 0.001

Audio feature 0.604

Audio feature 121.9

Audio feature 60.9

Audio feature step

Audio feature 124.6

Audio feature 62.3

Notes1

Discussed as a sign of the times: more space given to the singer's voice than early Biagi.

Vocal1

Vocal sung

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  1. Mientras duerme la ciudadOsmar MadernaLuis Tolosa

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