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Ventanita de arrabal · Osvaldo Pugliese · 1950

Music by Antonio Scatasso, lyrics by Pascual Contursi. 9 recordings in our catalogue, 1927–1974.
1927: 3 · danced 0 times1950: 3 · danced 7 times1952: 1 · danced 0 times1965: 1 · danced 0 times1974: 1 · danced 0 times
1927’40’50’60’701974
records madedanced on film, by the record’s year· our catalogue

1927: 3, 0; 1950: 3, 7; 1952: 1, 0; 1965: 1, 0; 1974: 1, 0

  1. Aníbal Troilo recorded it in 1952 and 1965.

    How we know

    Takes in our catalogue by the same orchestra in different years; the canon’s first orchestra is named.

Ventanita de arrabal · Osvaldo Pugliese · 1950 was sung by Jorge Vidal.†† Ventanita de arrabal · Osvaldo Pugliese · 1950 is a tango.† Ventanita de arrabal · Osvaldo Pugliese · 1950 lasts 03:05.† Ventanita de arrabal · Osvaldo Pugliese · 1950: The first of the 'double Vidal'; Vidal's deep baritone is described as like an earthquake.†

Credit

Music
Antonio Scatasso
Lyrics
Pascual Contursi

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Every recording

9 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 8 more we know of

1920’30’40’50’60’70

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

  1. Aníbal TroiloJorge Casal · TK
    Not danced on film yet
    1952
  2. Aníbal TroiloTito Reyes · RCA Victor · Sep 24
    Not danced on film yet
    1965
  3. Osvaldo PuglieseMost dancedJorge Vidal · Odeon · Mar 7
    7 dances
    1950
  4. Francisco CanaroEarliest we holdInstrumental · Odeon · Jun 22
    Not danced on film yet
    1927
  5. Francisco LomutoInstrumental · Odeon · Jul 6
    Not danced on film yet
    1927
  6. Juan Maglio
    Not danced on film yet
    1927
  7. Ricardo PedevillaOscar Serpa · Pampa · Nov 28
    Not danced on film yet
    1950
  8. Sexteto TangoJorge Maciel · Jun 19
    Not danced on film yet
    1974
  9. Eduardo Del PianoÁngel Vargas · RCA Victor · Oct 20
    Not danced on film yet
    1950
  10. -unspecified guitars-Not in our catalogueIgnacio Corsini1927
  11. Juan Félix MaglioNot in our catalogueJul 51927
  12. Ignacio CorsiniNot in our catalogueJul 61927
  13. Guillermo Barbieri, José RicardoNot in our catalogueCarlos Gardel · Jul 81927
  14. Joaquín Do ReyesNot in our catalogueHoracio Deval1950
  15. Ignacio CorsiniNot in our catalogue
  16. Antonio De MayoNot in our catalogue
  17. Ismael SpitalnikNot in our catalogue

Lyrics

Español · Underlined words are lunfardo: tap one for its meaning.

En el barrio Caferata en un viejo conventillo, con los pisos de ladrillo, minga de puerta cancel, donde van los organitos su lamento rezongando, está la esperando que pase el muchacho aquel. Aquel que solito entró al conventillo, echao a los ojos el marrón; botín enterizo, el cuello con brillo, pidió una guitarra y pa'ella cantó. Aquel que, un domingo, bailaron un tango; aquel que le dijo: 'Me muero por vos'; aquel que su almita arrastró por el fango, aquel que a la reja más nunca volvió. Ventanita del donde sólo hay flores secas, vos también abandonada de aquel día... se quedó. El rocío de sus hojas, las garúas de la ausencia, con el dolor de un suspiro tu tronquito destrozó.

English · machine translation

In the Caferata neighborhood in an old tenement, with brick floors, minga de puerta cancel, where the little organs go their wailing wailing, there's the girl waiting for that boy to pass by. The one who alone entered the tenement, with the brown funyi brown funyi; full booty, the neck with glitter, he asked for a guitar and sang for her. The one who, one Sunday danced a tango; the one who said to her: 'I'm dying for you'; the one whose soul dragged through the mud, the one who never returned but never returned. Little window of the parrot where there are only dry flowers, you also abandoned of that day... remained. The dew of its leaves, the drizzle of absence, with the pain of a sigh your trunk shattered.

Danced to it

Music from 1950 · danced on film 2011–2024

20112024
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2011: 3, 2017: 1, 2024: 2

Where it is danced

The places our videos show it danced, by performances filmed there.

  1. Sunderland ClubVilla Urquiza
    1 performance

From TangoTube's videos · our data

Data: recordings, facts and sources

Singers1

Sung by Jorge VidalMar 7, 1950

Supported · 2

Recordings1

Recorded in March 7, 1950

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In other catalogues15

tango.info · 08427328146036-2-16

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tango.info · 02480002334149-4-3

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tango.info · 02480002334255-2-1

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tango.info · 08427328130059-1-9

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tango.info · 04024236201136-1-5

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tango.info · 05013037090253-1-9

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tango.info · 08712273036182-1-17

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tango.info · 05099964049120-8-18

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tango.info · 07798067330460-1-1

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tango.info · 07798067331566-1-1

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tango.info · 00724352910823-1-4

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tango.info · 07798108080071-1-3

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tango.info · 08427328140195-1-3

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tango.info · 02480002101321-1-108

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tango.info · 00724382794325-1-11

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Is a1

Is a tango

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Duration1

Duration 03:05

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Audio feature15

Audio feature 123.0

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Audio feature -22.3

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Audio feature 0.38

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Audio feature 0.608

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Audio feature 0.004

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Audio feature 126.1

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Audio feature 63.0

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Notes1

The first of the 'double Vidal'; Vidal's deep baritone is described as like an earthquake.

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Vocal1

Vocal sung

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Listen

  1. Ventanita de arrabalFrancisco Canaro1927

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