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Quién será · Roberto Firpo · 1940

Roberto FirpoAlberto DialevalsOdeon
Music by Luis Visca, lyrics by Luis Rubistein. 2 recordings in our catalogue, 1940–1941.

Who recorded it

Every version2

Earliest we hold: Roberto Firpo, 1940

  1. Edgardo DonatoHoracio Lagos1941
  2. Roberto FirpoAlberto Diale1940

Pinned at 1940 · Golden Age 1935–1954 · Roberto Firpo recordings indexed 1917–1944

Quién será · Roberto Firpo · 1940 was sung by Alberto Diale.†† Quién será · Roberto Firpo · 1940 is a vals.† Quién será · Roberto Firpo · 1940 lasts 02:35.† Quién será · Roberto Firpo · 1940: Firpo's own, sentimental take on the same waltz, discovered by Stenvoll to be a sped-up transfer running at a true 79 bpm.†

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

2 orchestras recorded it

96 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Luis Visca
Words
Luis Rubistein
Written
not yet cited · help fill it
First played
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Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Lyrics

Español

La noche que en el baile tus ojos brujos se me clavaron, algo sentí en mi alma y amores nuevos me acariciaron. Con tu antifaz cubrías tus ojos que reían, luego quedé muy triste cuando te fuiste sin un adiós. Quién será, quién será, me pregunto sin cesar. Ilusión que te perdiste y que un día volverás. Quién será, quién será dónde estás mi corazón, que te busco entre las sombras y te llevo en mi canción. No sé por qué los vientos me traen siempre nostalgia y pena. Voces como lamentos, murmullos tristes, como la quena. Por tu recuerdo vivo, con tu recuerdo muero, y en medio de esta angustia mi amor te espera, por qué vendrás.

English · machine translation

The night that at the ball your witchy eyes pierced me, I felt something in my soul and new loves caressed me. With your mask you covered your laughing eyes, then I was very sad when you left without a goodbye. Who could it be, who could it be? I ask myself incessantly. Illusion that you lost and that one day you will return. Who will it be, who will it be where are you my heart that I look for you in the shadows and I carry you in my song. I don't know why the winds always bring me nostalgia and sorrow. Voices like laments, sad murmurs, like the quena. For your memory I live, with your memory I die, and in the midst of this anguish my love waits for you, why will you come.

Every version

Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone

The catalogue holds 2 recordings of this song by 2 orchestras, 1940 to 1941.
1940
Recordings of Quién será · Roberto Firpo · 1940 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 · 3 more we know of

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

The leader is Edgardo Donato, 1941, with 100% of the 96 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. Edgardo DonatoMost dancedQuién seráEdgardo DonatoHoracio LagosvalsRCA Victor
    96 dances · 100%
    1941
  2. Roberto FirpoEarliest we holdQuién seráRoberto FirpoAlberto DialevalsOdeon
    No match yet
    1940
  3. -unspecified guitars-Not in our catalogueIgnacio Corsini1940
  4. Orquesta Típica VictorNot in our catalogueAmanda Ledesma · Jul 231940
  5. -unspecified guitars-Not in our catalogueIgnacio Corsini

One recording

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

Roberto Firpo

Quién seráRoberto FirpoAlberto DialevalsOdeon

No couple filmed dancing this recording yet

Recorded the same day

What else Roberto Firpo recorded on Sep 28, 1940.

  1. Cosas olvidadasRoberto FirpoAlberto DialetangoOdeon

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Data: recordings, facts and sources

Singers1

Sung by Alberto DialeSep 28, 1940

In other catalogues5

tango.info · 02480002152859-1-17

tango.info · 02480002042303-1-12

tango.info · 02480002007425-1-19

tango.info · 02480002707592-1-1

tango.info · 04024236203130-1-3

Is a1

Is a vals

Duration1

Duration 02:35

Notes1

Firpo's own, sentimental take on the same waltz, discovered by Stenvoll to be a sped-up transfer running at a true 79 bpm.

Vocal1

Vocal sung

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