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A pesar de todo

Music by Teófilo Lespés, Mario Lespés, lyrics by Carlos Pesce. 1 recordings in our catalogue, 1933–1933.

Who recorded it

Every version1

Earliest we hold: Francisco Canaro, 1933

  1. Francisco CanaroErnesto Famá1933

Versions of A pesar de todo recorded 1933

A pesar de todo is a tango.

A pesar de todo was published in 1935.

A pesar de todo was composed by Teófilo Lespés and MARIO LESPES.

The lyrics of A pesar de todo are by Carlos Pesce.

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

1 orchestra recorded it

4 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Teófilo Lespés, Mario Lespés
Words
Carlos Pesce
Written
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Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Lyrics

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Las últimas hojas que caen del invierno el fin de mis días parece anunciar, si vieras, viejita, qué noche más larga... no pude, un momento, los ojos cerrar. Estoy desahuciado, no tengo esperanza, la fiebre maldita machaca mi ser; y un frío terrible penetra en mis huesos, y estoy sin aliento de tanto toser. ¡Por lo que más quieras, decile a la ingrata!, que no se avergüence, que me venga a ver; ¡que a pesar de todo... la sigo queriendo con las mismas ansias que la quise ayer. Por ella que ha sido la luz de mi vida en horas felices de nuestra pasión, por ella me muero llevando en el alma tan sólo el recuerdo de aquella traición. Qué frío que siento, qué fiebre que tengo, qué gusto la Virgen de hacerme sufrir, ¡qué obscuro se ha puesto, parece de noche... tápame viejita que quiero dormir!

English · machine translation

The last falling leaves of winter the end of my days seems to announce, if you saw, old lady, what a long night... I could not, for a moment, close my eyes. I am hopeless, I have no hope, the damned fever crushes my being; and a terrible cold penetrates my bones, and I'm out of breath from coughing so much. For the love of God, tell the ungrateful one! tell the ungrateful one, not to be ashamed, to come and see me; that in spite of everything... I still love her with the same eagerness as I loved her yesterday. For her who has been the light of my life in happy hours of our passion, for her I die carrying in my soul only the memory of that betrayal. How cold I feel, what a fever I have, what pleasure the Virgin has in making me suffer, how dark it has become, it seems like night... cover me, old woman, I want to sleep!

Every version

Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone

The catalogue holds 1 recordings of this song by 1 orchestras, 1933 to 1933.

1 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube

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  1. Francisco CanaroEarliest we holdMost dancedA pesar de todoFrancisco CanaroErnesto FamátangoOdeon
    4 dances
    1933
All recordings of A pesar de todo

One recording

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

Francisco Canaro

A pesar de todoFrancisco CanaroErnesto FamátangoOdeon

Couples filmed dancing this recording · 1 Performance

Danced to it

Music from 1933 · danced on film 2018

In their words

  • A pesar de que siempre fue importante -no, no, no estoy desmereciendo- yo estaba bastante preparado, había hecho todo, desde lo más bajo hasta todos los escalones

    Sergio Cortazzo · Entrevista a Sergio Cortazzo y Silvia Carlino

    open at 28:39
  • No, mirá, me pasa con ellos... yo, a pesar de que soy muy, muy bohemio, atorrante, como lo quieran llamar, todo lo que me quieran poner, con ellos soy muy, muy rompe

    Carlos Copello · CARLOS COPELLO Tengo una pregunta para vos (por Pepa Palazón) with ENGLISH subtitles.

    open at 57:53

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In other catalogues3

TodoTango · tema/7626

tango.info · T0370111797

MusicBrainz · 052eb7be-87f4-4b95-91df-6c222f58d3fasource

Is a1

Is a Tango

Published1

Published 1935

Composer2

Composed by Teófilo Lespés

Composed by MARIO LESPES

Lyricist1

Lyrics by Carlos Pesce

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  1. A pesar de todoFrancisco CanaroErnesto FamátangoOdeon

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