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Por qué doblan las campanas · Alfredo De Angelis · 1951

Alfredo De AngelisCarlos Dante, Oscar LarrocatangoOdeon
Music by Alfredo De Angelis, lyrics by José Rótulo. 4 recordings in our catalogue, 1951–1955.

Pinned at 1951 · Golden Age 1935–1954 · Alfredo De Angelis recordings indexed 1943–1985 · 1 applied periods in gold

Por qué doblan las campanas · Alfredo De Angelis · 1951 was sung by Carlos Dante and Oscar Larroca.† Por qué doblan las campanas · Alfredo De Angelis · 1951 is a tango.† Por qué doblan las campanas · Alfredo De Angelis · 1951 lasts 03:25.†

The song

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4 orchestras recorded it

0 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Alfredo De Angelis
Words
José Rótulo
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Source: TangoCloud catalogue

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The catalogue holds 4 recordings of this song by 4 orchestras, 1951 to 1955.
1950
Recordings of Por qué doblan las campanas · Alfredo De Angelis · 1951 by year, taller the more they are danced · 4 of 4 recordings carry a year · read Nov 1, 2026

4 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube

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

  1. Edgardo DonatoPor qué doblan las campanasEdgardo DonatoCarlos AlmadatangoPampa1951
  2. Alfredo De AngelisEarliest we holdPor qué doblan las campanasAlfredo De AngelisCarlos Dante, Oscar LarrocatangoOdeon1951
  3. Francisco CanaroPor qué doblan las campanasFrancisco CanaroMario Alonso, Alberto ArenastangoOdeon1951
  4. Héctor GranéPor qué doblan las campanasHéctor Granésinger unknowntango1955

One recording

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

Alfredo De Angelis

Por qué doblan las campanasAlfredo De AngelisCarlos Dante, Oscar LarrocatangoOdeon

No couple filmed dancing this recording yet

Recorded the same day

What else Alfredo De Angelis recorded on May 29, 1951.

  1. PatronaAlfredo De AngelisCarlos DantemilongaOdeon
  2. TelarañasAlfredo De AngelisCarlos Dante, Oscar LarrocatangoOdeon

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Data: recordings, facts and sources

In other catalogues3

tango.info · 02480002028758-1-11

tango.info · 02480002030843-1-11

tango.info · 00724347760129-1-1

Singers2

Sung by Carlos Dante

Sung by Oscar Larroca

Is a1

Is a tango

Duration1

Duration 03:25

Vocal1

Vocal sung

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  1. Por qué doblan las campanasAlfredo De AngelisCarlos Dante, Oscar Larroca

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