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Quemá esas cartas · Osvaldo Fresedo · 1928

Osvaldo FresedoErnesto FamátangoOdeon
Music by Raúl de los Hoyos, lyrics by Manuel Romero. 3 recordings in our catalogue, 1928–1928.

Who recorded it

Every version3

Earliest we hold: Francisco Canaro, 1928

  1. Osvaldo FresedoErnesto Famá1928
  2. Francisco CanaroCharlo1928
  3. Roberto FirpoTeófilo Ibáñez1928

Pinned at 1928 · Guardia Nueva 1920–1934 · Osvaldo Fresedo recordings indexed 1926–1980 · 3 applied periods in gold

Quemá esas cartas · Osvaldo Fresedo · 1928 was sung by Ernesto Famá.† Quemá esas cartas · Osvaldo Fresedo · 1928 is a tango.† Quemá esas cartas · Osvaldo Fresedo · 1928 lasts 03:10.† Quemá esas cartas · Osvaldo Fresedo · 1928: After-party: a sad Fresedo, one of his intense 1928 recordings.†

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

3 orchestras recorded it

0 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Raúl de los Hoyos
Words
Manuel Romero
Written
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First played
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Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Lyrics

Read the lyrics on Francisco Canaro’s 1928 recording in TangoCloud

Every version

Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone

The catalogue holds 3 recordings of this song by 3 orchestras, 1928 to 1928.
1920
Recordings of Quemá esas cartas · Osvaldo Fresedo · 1928 by year, taller the more they are danced · 3 of 3 recordings carry a year · read Nov 2, 2026

3 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 1 more we know of

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

  1. Osvaldo FresedoQuemá esas cartasOsvaldo FresedoErnesto FamátangoOdeon1928
  2. Francisco CanaroEarliest we holdQuemá esas cartasFrancisco CanaroCharlotangoOdeon1928
  3. Roberto FirpoQuemá esas cartasRoberto FirpoTeófilo IbáñeztangoOdeon1928
  4. -unspecified guitars-Not in our catalogueIgnacio Corsini1928

One recording

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

Osvaldo Fresedo

Quemá esas cartasOsvaldo FresedoErnesto FamátangoOdeon

No couple filmed dancing this recording yet

Recorded the same day

What else Osvaldo Fresedo recorded on Mar 27, 1928.

  1. Dejá que la gente digaOsvaldo FresedoErnesto FamátangoOdeon

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Data: recordings, facts and sources

In other catalogues3

tango.info · 08427328146074-1-3

tango.info · 02480002007111-1-14

tango.info · 08427328140249-1-12

Singers1

Sung by Ernesto Famá

Is a1

Is a tango

Duration1

Duration 03:10

Notes1

After-party: a sad Fresedo, one of his intense 1928 recordings.

Vocal1

Vocal sung

Listen

  1. Quemá esas cartasFrancisco CanaroCharlo

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