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Milongueando en el cuarenta · Aníbal Troilo · 1941

Aníbal TroilotangoRCA Victor
Music by Armando Pontier. 4 recordings in our catalogue, 1941–1998.

Who recorded it

Every version4

Earliest we hold: Aníbal Troilo, 1941

  1. Aníbal Troilo1941
  2. Armando Pontier1960
  3. Héctor Varela1971
  4. Orquesta Forever Tango1998

Pinned at 1941 · Golden Age 1935–1954 · Aníbal Troilo recordings indexed 1938–1971 · gold: Energetic, 1941–1944

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

4 orchestras recorded it

124 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Armando Pontier
Words
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First played
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Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Every version

Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone

The catalogue holds 4 recordings of this song by 4 orchestras, 1941 to 1998.
1940’50’60’70’80’90
Recordings of Milongueando en el cuarenta · Aníbal Troilo · 1941 by year, taller the more they are danced · 4 of 4 recordings carry a year · read Nov 2, 2026

4 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 2 more we know of

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

The leader is Aníbal Troilo, 1941, with 55% of the 124 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. Aníbal TroiloEarliest we holdMost dancedMilongueando en el cuarentaAníbal TroilotangoRCA Victor
    68 dances · 55%
    1941
  2. Orquesta Forever TangoMilongueando en el cuarentaOrquesta Forever Tangotango
    53 dances · 43%
    1998
  3. Armando PontierMilongueando en el cuarentaArmando PontierinstrumentaltangoCBS Columbia
    3 dances · 2%
    1960
  4. Héctor VarelaMilongueando en el cuarentaHéctor Varelainstrumentaltango
    No match yet
    1971
  5. Leopoldo FedericoNot in our catalogue
  6. La TubatangoNot in our catalogue

One recording

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

Aníbal Troilo

Milongueando en el cuarentaAníbal TroilotangoRCA Victor

Couples filmed dancing this recording · 73 Performances

Ines Muzzopappa & Corina HerreraWorld Champion · Tango de Salón 2007Mujercitas Tango Festival · 2:32

Danced to it

Music from 1941 · danced on film 2005–2025

20052025
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2005: 1, 2009: 1, 2010: 1, 2011: 2, 2012: 1, 2013: 3, 2015: 4, 2016: 2, 2017: 7, 2018: 2, 2019: 5, 2021: 2, 2022: 4, 2023: 4, 2024: 5, 2025: 2

Through the decades

  1. The 2000sJavier Rodríguez & Andrea Misse2005
  2. The 2010sSebastián Acosta & Laura D'Anna2017
  3. The 2020sSuyay Quiroga & Jonny CarvajalMilonga Malena · 2023

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 6 complete sets on film

  1. Hernan Alvarez Prieto and Natalia Hills

    2022 · In the order danced: the video titles number them

    1. 1Tan solo tuJuan D'Arienzo, 1942
    2. 2Milongueando en el cuarentaAníbal Troilo, 1941
    3. 3Todos te quierenÁngel D'Agostino, 1944
    4. 49 de JulioOsvaldo Pugliese, 1954
    Watch it on TangoTube

  2. Fernanda Ghi and Guillermo Merlo

    2012 · In upload order: nobody has said the order danced

    1. 1Palomita blancaAníbal Troilo, 1944
    2. 2Milonga criollaFrancisco Canaro, 1927
    3. 3Yunta de oroOsvaldo Pugliese, 1957
    4. 4Milongueando en el cuarentaAníbal Troilo, 1941
    Watch it on TangoTube

  3. Lucio Galván and Morena Márquez

    2024 · In upload order: nobody has said the order danced

    1. 1Milonga de antañoFrancisco Canaro, 1937
    2. 2Milongueando en el cuarentaAníbal Troilo, 1941
    3. 3Dichas que vivíRodolfo Biagi, 1939
    4. 4Quedémonos aquíJosé Basso, 1957
    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. 1Milonga del recuerdoJuan D'Arienzo, 1939 · danced together in 2 Performances
  2. 2La serenata de ayerJuan D'Arienzo, 1941 · danced together in 2 Performances
  3. 3Tan solo tuJuan D'Arienzo, 1942 · danced together in 2 Performances
  4. 4Jamás retornarásMiguel Caló, 1942 · danced together in 2 Performances
  5. 5Todos te quierenÁngel D'Agostino, 1944 · danced together in 2 Performances

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Data: recordings, facts and sources

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