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Azabache

Music by Enrique Francini, Héctor Stamponi, lyrics by Homero Expósito. 3 recordings in our catalogue, 1942–1960.

Who recorded it

Every version3

Earliest we hold: Francisco Lomuto, 1942

  1. Francisco LomutoFernando Díaz · Jorge Omar1942
  2. Armando PontierJulio Sosa1960
  3. Orquesta Francini-PontierPablo Moreno1954

Versions of Azabache recorded 1942–1960

Azabache is a milonga.

Azabache was published in 1942.

Azabache was composed by Enrique Francini and Héctor Stamponi.

The lyrics of Azabache are by Homero Expósito.

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

3 orchestras recorded it

3 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Enrique Francini, Héctor Stamponi
Words
Homero Expósito
Written
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First played
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Its words name
San Telmo

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Lyrics

Español

¡Candombe! ¡Candombe negro! ¡Nostalgia de Buenos Aires por las calles de San Telmo viene moviendo la calle! ¡Retumba con sangre y tumba tarumba de tumba y sangre!... Grito esclavo del recuerdo de la vieja Buenos Aires... ¡Oh... oh... oh!... ¡Oh... oh... oh!... ¡Ay, morenita, tus ojos son como luz de azabache!... Tu cala palece un sueño ¡un sueño de chocolate!... ¡Ay, tus cadelas que tiemblan que tiemblan como los palches!... ¡Ay, molenita, quisiela... quisiela podel besalte!... ¡Oh... oh... oh!... ¡Oh... oh... oh!... ¡Candombe! ¡Candombe negro! ¡Dolor que calienta el aire! ¡Por las calles del olvido se entretuvieron tus ayes!... ¡Retumba con sangre y tumba tarumba de tumba y sangre!... Y se pierde en los recuerdos de la vieja Buenos Aires... ¡Oh... oh... oh!... ¡Oh... oh... oh!... ¡Candombe! ¡Candombe negro! Nostalgia de gente pobre... Por las calles de San Telmo ya se ha perdido el candombe... ¡Oh... oh... oh!... ¡Oh... oh... oh!...

English · machine translation

Candombe! Black candombe! Nostalgia of Buenos Aires through the streets of San Telmo comes moving the street! Tombs with blood and tombs tarumba of tomb and blood!... Slave cry of the memory of the old Buenos Aires... Oh... oh... oh... oh!... Oh... oh... oh... oh!... Oh, morenita, your eyes are like jet light!... Your cove is like a dream a chocolate dream!... Oh, your shivering hips that tremble like the palches!... Oh, molenita, quisiela... I want to kiss you!... Oh... oh... oh... oh!... Oh... oh... oh... oh!... Candombe! Black candombe! Pain that warms the air! Through the streets of oblivion your ayes were entertained!... Tomb with blood and tomb tarumba of grave and blood!... And lost in the memories of the old Buenos Aires... Oh... oh... oh... oh!... Oh... oh... oh... oh!... Candombe! Black candombe! Nostalgia of poor people... In the streets of San Telmo Candombe is already lost... Oh... oh... oh... oh!... Oh... oh... oh... oh!...

Every version

Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone

The catalogue holds 3 recordings of this song by 3 orchestras, 1942 to 1960.
1940’50’60
Recordings of Azabache by year, taller the more they are danced · 3 of 3 recordings carry a year · read Nov 2, 2026

3 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 11 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. Francisco LomutoEarliest we holdMost dancedAzabacheFrancisco LomutoFernando Díaz, Jorge OmarmilongaRCA Victor
    3 dances
    1942
  2. Armando PontierAzabacheArmando PontierJulio SosamilongaCBS Columbia
    No match yet
    1960
  3. Orquesta Francini-PontierAzabacheOrquesta Francini-PontierPablo Morenomilonga
    No match yet
    1954
  4. Miguel CalóNot in our catalogueRaúl Berón · Sep 291942
  5. Enrique Francini, Armando PontierNot in our cataloguePablo Moreno · Apr 81954
  6. Astor PiazzollaNot in our catalogueJorge Sobral1956
  7. Carlos GarcíaNot in our catalogue1958
  8. Raúl Miguel GarelloNot in our catalogueMay 191980
  9. QuinTangoNot in our catalogue2008
  10. Ensemble HyperionNot in our catalogueAntonella Ruggiero · Jul 212010
  11. Astor PiazzollaNot in our catalogueJorge Sobral
  12. Héctor StamponiNot in our catalogue
  13. Raúl Miguel GarelloNot in our catalogue
  14. Orquesta del Tango de Buenos AiresNot in our catalogue
All recordings of Azabache

One recording

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

Francisco Lomuto

AzabacheFrancisco LomutoFernando Díaz, Jorge OmarmilongaRCA Victor
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Couples filmed dancing this recording · 1 Performance

Julio Alvarez & Yailet Suarez2017 · 3:22

Danced to it

Music from 1942–1960 · danced on film 2017

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In other catalogues3

TodoTango · tema/334

tango.info · T0370191755

MusicBrainz · abedd7fd-2606-4680-a617-36f171cfb68bsource

Is a1

Is a Milonga

Published1

Published 1942

Composer2

Composed by Enrique Francini

Composed by Héctor Stamponi

Lyricist1

Lyrics by Homero Expósito

Listen

  1. AzabacheFrancisco LomutoFernando Díaz, Jorge OmarmilongaRCA Victor
  2. AzabacheOrquesta Francini-PontierPablo Morenomilonga
  3. AzabacheArmando PontierJulio SosamilongaCBS Columbia

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