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Condena

Music by Enrique Santos Discépolo, Francisco Pracánico, lyrics by Enrique Santos Discepolo. 3 recordings in our catalogue, 1934–1937.
1934: 1 · danced 25 times1937: 2 · danced 3 times
19341937
records madedanced on film, by the record’s year· our catalogue

1934: 1, 25; 1937: 2, 3

  1. Francisco Canaro recorded it in 1934 and 1937.

    How we know

    Takes in our catalogue by the same orchestra in different years; the canon’s first orchestra is named.

Condena was composed by Enrique Santos Discepolo and FRANCISCO PRACÁNICO.† The lyrics of Condena are by Enrique Santos Discepolo.†

Credit

Music
Enrique Santos Discépolo, Francisco Pracánico
Lyrics
Enrique Santos Discepolo

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Every recording

3 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 7 more we know of

1930

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

  1. Francisco CanaroEarliest we holdMost dancedInstrumental · Odeon · Nov 16
    25 dances
    1934
  2. Francisco CanaroRoberto Maida · Odeon · Nov 8
    2 dances
    1937
  3. Francisco LomutoInstrumental · RCA Victor · Dec 28
    1 dance
    1937
  4. Enrique Santos DiscépoloNot in our catalogueTania1937
  5. Amanda LedesmaNot in our catalogueNov 51937
  6. -unspecified orchestra-Not in our catalogueTania · Dec 291937
  7. Juan Sánchez GorioNot in our catalogueHéctor Mauré1954
  8. Amanda LedesmaNot in our catalogue
  9. Héctor MauréNot in our catalogue
  10. -unspecified orchestra-Not in our catalogueAlberto Marino

Danced to it

Music from 1934–1937 · danced on film 2009–2025

20092025
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2009: 2, 2010: 2, 2011: 3, 2012: 4, 2013: 1, 2014: 2, 2015: 2, 2016: 1, 2017: 2, 2019: 1, 2020: 1, 2022: 1, 2025: 1

Dante Sánchez & Roxana SuárezWorld Champion · Tango de Salón 20072025 · 4:00

Through the decades

  1. The 2000sPhilippe Gonella & Céline Deveze2009
  2. The 2010sFelipe Zarzar & Mamié Sancy2011
  3. The 2020sDante Sánchez & Roxana Suárez2025

What we don't know yet3 of 4 known

The year it was written.

Data: recordings, facts and sources

In other catalogues2

tango.info · T0370006806

Single source

TodoTango · tema/345

Single source

Composer2

Composed by Enrique Santos Discepolo

Single source

Composed by FRANCISCO PRACÁNICO

Single source

Lyricist1

Lyrics by Enrique Santos Discepolo

Single source

Listen

  1. CondenaFrancisco Canaro1934
  2. CondenaFrancisco Canaro · Roberto Maida1937
  3. CondenaFrancisco Lomuto1937

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