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Desaliento

Music by Armando Baliotti, lyrics by Luis Castiñeira. 2 recordings in our catalogue, 1938–1938.

Who recorded it

Every version2

Earliest we hold: Francisco Lomuto, 1938

  1. Francisco CanaroRoberto Maida1938
  2. Francisco LomutoJorge Omar1938

Versions of Desaliento recorded 1938

Desaliento is a tango.

Desaliento was published in 1938.

Desaliento was composed by Armando Baliotti.

The lyrics of Desaliento are by Luis Castiñeira.

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

2 orchestras recorded it

0 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Armando Baliotti
Words
Luis Castiñeira
Written
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First played
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Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Lyrics

Every version

Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone

The catalogue holds 2 recordings of this song by 2 orchestras, 1938 to 1938.
1930
Recordings of Desaliento 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 · 2 more we know of

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

  1. Francisco CanaroDesalientoFrancisco CanaroRoberto MaidatangoOdeon1938
  2. Francisco LomutoEarliest we holdDesalientoFrancisco LomutoJorge OmartangoRCA Victor1938
  3. Armando BaliottiNot in our catalogueOsvaldo Chazarreta · Jan 41952
  4. Tito RiberoNot in our catalogueHugo del Carril
All recordings of Desaliento

One recording

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

Francisco Canaro

DesalientoFrancisco CanaroRoberto MaidatangoOdeon

No couple filmed dancing this recording yet

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Data: recordings, facts and sources

In other catalogues2

TodoTango · tema/2244

tango.info · T0370009974

Is a1

Is a Tango

Published1

Published 1938

Composer1

Composed by Armando Baliotti

Lyricist1

Lyrics by Luis Castiñeira

Listen

  1. DesalientoFrancisco LomutoJorge OmartangoRCA Victor
  2. DesalientoFrancisco CanaroRoberto MaidatangoOdeon

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