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Cuando el amor muere

Music by Alfredo Malerba, lyrics by Héctor Marcó. 2 recordings in our catalogue, 1941–1963.

Cuando el amor muere was composed by Alfredo Malerba.† The lyrics of Cuando el amor muere are by Héctor Marcó.†

Credit

Music
Alfredo Malerba
Lyrics
Héctor Marcó

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Every recording

2 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube

  1. Carlos Di SarliEarliest we holdMost dancedCarlos Acuña · RCA Victor · Aug 2194159 dances
  2. José BassoFloreal Ruiz · Music Hall1963

Danced to it

Music from 1941–1963 · danced on film 2013–2025

20132025
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2013: 2, 2014: 3, 2015: 5, 2016: 7, 2017: 12, 2018: 5, 2019: 6, 2020: 1, 2021: 1, 2022: 6, 2023: 5, 2024: 8, 2025: 4

Sebastián Achaval & Roxana SuárezWorld Champion · Tango de Salón 20052022 · 4:10

Through the decades

  1. The 2010sJose Luis Salvo & Carla Rossi2017
  2. The 2020sSebastián Achaval & Roxana Suárez2022

What we don't know yet3 of 4 known

The year it was written.

Data: recordings, facts and sources

Recordings by year

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

19411963

1941: 1, 1963: 1

In other catalogues2

tango.info · T0370176172

Single source

TodoTango · tema/736

Single source

Composer1

Composed by Alfredo Malerba

Single source

Lyricist1

Lyrics by Héctor Marcó

Single source

Listen

  1. Cuando el amor muereCarlos Di Sarli · Carlos Acuña1941
  2. Cuando el amor muereJosé Basso · Floreal Ruiz · no clip yet1963

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