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Alfredo

Music by Humberto Canaro. 4 recordings in our catalogue, 1924–1952.

Who recorded it

Every version4

Earliest we hold: Francisco Canaro, 1924

  1. Francisco Canaro19241927
  2. Quinteto Pirincho (Francisco Canaro)1952
  3. Quinteto Don Pancho (Francisco Canaro)1937

Versions of Alfredo recorded 1924–1952

Alfredo was composed by Humberto Canaro.†

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

3 orchestras recorded it

19 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Humberto Canaro
Words
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Written
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First played
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Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Every version

Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone

The catalogue holds 4 recordings of this song by 3 orchestras, 1924 to 1952.
1920’30’40’50
Recordings of Alfredo by year, taller the more they are danced · 4 of 4 recordings carry a year · read Nov 2, 2026

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

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

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  2. Quinteto Pirincho (Francisco Canaro)AlfredoQuinteto Pirincho (Francisco Canaro)tangoOdeon
    No match yet
    1952
  3. Quinteto Don Pancho (Francisco Canaro)AlfredoQuinteto Don Pancho (Francisco Canaro)tangoOdeon
    No match yet
    1937
  4. Manuel RomeoNot in our catalogue-unspecified male-1927
  5. Quinteto Don Pancho, dir. Francisco CanaroNot in our catalogueAug 41938
  6. Quinteto Pirincho, dir. Francisco CanaroNot in our catalogueJul 151952
All recordings of Alfredo

One recording

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

Francisco Canaro

AlfredoFrancisco CanaroinstrumentaltangoOdeon
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Couples filmed dancing this recording · 19 Performances

Sebastián Achaval & Roxana SuárezWorld Champion · Tango de Salón 2005Lisbon Tango Festival · 2:50

Danced to it

Music from 1924–1952 · danced on film 2010–2019

20102019
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2010: 2, 2011: 2, 2012: 1, 2014: 1, 2016: 1, 2017: 1, 2019: 2

Filmed sets

One Couple dancing three or four songs at one Occasion, every song known. What was danced on film, not what a DJ played.

The one complete set on film

  1. Corina de la Rosa and Julio Balmaceda

    In upload order: nobody has said the order danced

    1. 1InspiraciónOrquesta Típica Sans Souci, 2003
    2. 2ChichipíaJuan D'Arienzo, 1949
    3. 3AlfredoFrancisco Canaro, 1927
    4. 4Tristeza criollaJuan D'Arienzo, 1954
    Watch it on TangoTube

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What we don't know yet3 of 4 known

The year it was written.

Data: recordings, facts and sources

In other catalogues2

tango.info · T0370085883

TodoTango · tema/6228

Composer1

Composed by Humberto Canaro

Listen

  1. AlfredoFrancisco CanarotangoOdeon
  2. AlfredoFrancisco CanaroinstrumentaltangoOdeon
  3. AlfredoQuinteto Don Pancho (Francisco Canaro)tangoOdeon
  4. AlfredoQuinteto Pirincho (Francisco Canaro)tangoOdeon

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