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Alma mía

Music by Diego Centeno, lyrics by Héctor Marcó. 2 recordings in our catalogue, 1940–1969.

Who recorded it

Every version2

Earliest we hold: Carlos Di Sarli, 1940

  1. Carlos Di SarliRoberto Rufino1940
  2. Sexteto TangoJorge Maciel1969

Versions of Alma mía recorded 1940–1969

Alma mía was composed by Diego Centeno.† The lyrics of Alma mía are by Héctor Marcó.†

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

2 orchestras recorded it

21 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Diego Centeno
Words
Héctor Marcó
Written
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First played
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Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Lyrics

Read the lyrics on Carlos Di Sarli’s 1940 recording in TangoCloud

Every version

Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone

The catalogue holds 2 recordings of this song by 2 orchestras, 1940 to 1969.
1940’50’60
Recordings of Alma mía 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

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

  1. Carlos Di SarliEarliest we holdMost dancedAlma míaCarlos Di SarliRoberto RufinovalsRCA Victor
    21 dances
    1940
  2. Sexteto TangoAlma míaSexteto TangoJorge Macielvals
    No match yet
    1969
  3. -unspecified guitars-Not in our catalogueAgustín Magaldi · Jul 151936
  4. Enzo ValentinoNot in our catalogue
  5. Libertad LamarqueNot in our catalogue
All recordings of Alma mía

One recording

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

Carlos Di Sarli

Alma míaCarlos Di SarliRoberto RufinovalsRCA Victor
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Couples filmed dancing this recording · 21 Performances

Michael Nadtochi & Eleonora KalganovaTango Tage Halle · 2017 · 2:51

Danced to it

Music from 1940–1969 · danced on film 2009–2024

20092024
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2009: 1, 2010: 3, 2011: 1, 2012: 2, 2013: 3, 2015: 1, 2016: 1, 2017: 2, 2018: 2, 2019: 1, 2024: 1

Through the decades

  1. The 2000sCristian Correa & Milena Hopkins2009
  2. The 2010sMichael Nadtochi & Eleonora KalganovaTango Tage Halle · 2017
  3. The 2020sOscar Casas & Magdalena Vračarić2024

Where it is danced

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

  1. El BesoBalvanera
    2 performances
  2. Confitería IdealSan Nicolás
    1 performance
  3. Salón CanningPalermo
    1 performance

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.

3 of 4 complete sets on film

  1. Andres Molina and Natacha Lockwood

    Timisoara Tango Festival, 2018 · In upload order: nobody has said the order danced

    1. 1Alma míaCarlos Di Sarli, 1940
    2. 2Parque PatriciosFrancisco Canaro, 1928
    3. 3PacienciaJuan D'Arienzo, 1970
    4. 4CristalAníbal Troilo, 1944
    Watch it on TangoTube

  2. Agnieszka Stach and Waheed Al-Masri

    In the order danced: the video titles number them

    1. 1Pata anchaColor Tango (Roberto Alvarez), 1998
    2. 2Alma míaCarlos Di Sarli, 1940
    3. 3La cicatrizJuan D'Arienzo, 1939
    Watch it on TangoTube

  3. Elina Roldán and Nene Masci

    2013 · In upload order: nobody has said the order danced

    1. 1En la buena y en la malaDomingo Federico, 1953
    2. 2Alma míaCarlos Di Sarli, 1940
    3. 3Mi castigoAníbal Troilo, 1942
    Watch it on TangoTube

Read more

What we don't know yet3 of 4 known

The year it was written.

Data: recordings, facts and sources

In other catalogues2

tango.info · T0370000728

TodoTango · tema/741

Composer1

Composed by Diego Centeno

Lyricist1

Lyrics by Héctor Marcó

Listen

  1. Alma míaCarlos Di SarliRoberto RufinovalsRCA Victor
  2. Alma míaSexteto TangoJorge Macielvals

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