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Como los nardos en flor

Music by Teófilo Lespés, Mario Lespés. 3 recordings in our catalogue, 1930–1963.

Who recorded it

Every version3

Earliest we hold: Francisco Lomuto, 1930

  1. Carlos Di Sarli1951
  2. Francisco Lomuto1930
  3. Florindo Sassone1963

Versions of Como los nardos en flor recorded 1930–1963

Como los nardos en flor is a tango.† Como los nardos en flor was composed by Teófilo Lespés and MARIO LESPES.††

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

3 orchestras recorded it

13 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Teófilo Lespés, Mario Lespés
Words
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Written
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First played
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Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Lyrics

Read the lyrics on Carlos Di Sarli’s 1951 recording in TangoCloud

Every version

Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone

The catalogue holds 3 recordings of this song by 3 orchestras, 1930 to 1963.
1930’40’50’60
Recordings of Como los nardos en flor 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 · 1 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 SarliMost dancedComo los nardos en florCarlos Di SarliinstrumentaltangoMusic Hall
    13 dances
    1951
  2. Francisco LomutoEarliest we holdComo los nardos en florFrancisco LomutoinstrumentaltangoOdeon
    No match yet
    1930
  3. Florindo SassoneComo los nardos en florFlorindo Sassoneinstrumentaltangoodeon
    No match yet
    1963
  4. Guillermo Barbieri, José RicardoNot in our catalogueCarlos Gardel1923
All recordings of Como los nardos en flor

One recording

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

Carlos Di Sarli

Como los nardos en florCarlos Di SarliinstrumentaltangoMusic Hall
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Couples filmed dancing this recording · 12 Performances

Fabián Peralta & Josefina BermúdezWorld Champion · Tango de Salón 20062015 · 2:24

Danced to it

Music from 1930–1963 · danced on film 2007–2021

20072021
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2007: 1, 2009: 1, 2015: 1, 2017: 2, 2019: 1, 2021: 1

Through the decades

  1. The 2000sJavier Rodríguez & Andrea Misse2007
  2. The 2010sFabián Peralta & Josefina Bermúdez2015
  3. The 2020sJavier Rodríguez & Moira Castellano & Jesús Velazquez2021

Where it is danced

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

  1. Salón CanningPalermo
    2 performances

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.

2 of 2 complete sets on film

  1. Fabián Peralta and Josefina Bermúdez

    2015 · In the order danced: the video titles number them

    1. 1El vino tristeJuan D'Arienzo, 1954
    2. 2RebeldíaMiguel Caló, 1947
    3. 3Como los nardos en florCarlos Di Sarli, 1951
    Watch it on TangoTube

  2. Giraldo Escobar and Milena Plebs

    2019 · In the order danced: the video titles number them

    1. 1Solamente ellaLucio Demare, 1944
    2. 2Milonga del corazónJuan D'Arienzo, 1938
    3. 3Como los nardos en florCarlos Di Sarli, 1951
    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

TodoTango · tema/2355

tango.info · Z0000020824

Is a1

Is a Tango

Composer2

Composed by Teófilo Lespés

Composed by MARIO LESPES

Listen

  1. Como los nardos en florFrancisco LomutoinstrumentaltangoOdeon
  2. Como los nardos en florCarlos Di SarliinstrumentaltangoMusic Hall
  3. Como los nardos en florFlorindo Sassoneinstrumentaltangoodeon

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