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Song

El baqueano

Music by Agustín Bardi. 5 recordings in our catalogue, 1927–1969.

Who recorded it

Every version5

Earliest we hold: Julio De Caro, 1927

  1. Juan D'Arienzo1937
  2. Aníbal Troilo1969
  3. Julio De Caro19271941
  4. Osmar Maderna1947

Versions of El baqueano recorded 1927–1969

El baqueano was composed by Agustín Bardi.†

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

4 orchestras recorded it

2 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Agustín Bardi
Words
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Written
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First played
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Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Every version

Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone

The catalogue holds 5 recordings of this song by 4 orchestras, 1927 to 1969.
1920’30’40’50’60
Recordings of El baqueano by year, taller the more they are danced · 5 of 5 recordings carry a year · read Nov 3, 2026

A Song's recorded lineage

We hold dated Recordings by 4 orchestras; the earliest here is Julio De Caro in 1927.

  1. 1927Julio De CaroRecording
  2. 1937Juan D'ArienzoRecording
  3. 1947Osmar MadernaRecording
  4. 1969Aníbal TroiloRecording

Gold marks the first we hold, not the first ever. Filled dots have filmed Dances; rings have no Dances matched yet.

5 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 5 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. Juan D'ArienzoMost dancedEl baqueanoJuan D'ArienzoinstrumentaltangoRCA VictorMeasured automatically · 128 BPM
    1 dance
    1937
  2. Aníbal TroiloEl baqueanoAníbal TroiloinstrumentaltangoRCA Victor
    No match yet
    1969
  4. Osmar MadernaEl baqueanoOsmar MadernatangoRCA Victor
    No match yet
    1947
  5. Orquesta Típica Brodman-AlfaroNot in our catalogue1929
  6. Julio De CaroNot in our catalogue1930
  7. Julio De CaroNot in our catalogue1931
  8. Reynaldo NicheleNot in our catalogue
  9. Roberto GrelaNot in our catalogue
All recordings of El baqueano

One recording

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

Julio De Caro

El baqueanoJulio De Caroinstrumentaltango
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Couples filmed dancing this recording · 1 Performance

Oscar Mandagaran & Georgina Vargas2022 · 0:36

Danced to it

Music from 1927–1969 · danced on film 2007–2022

20072022
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2007: 1, 2022: 1

Through the decades

  1. The 2000sAoniken Quiroga & Ayelen Quiroga2007
  2. The 2020sOscar Mandagaran & Georgina Vargas2022

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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 catalogues3

tango.info · T0370003909

TodoTango · tema/3765

MusicBrainz · 6569988b-e8f0-4c73-9254-17b945de82eesource

Composer1

Composed by Agustín Bardi

Listen

  1. El baqueanoJulio De Caroinstrumentaltango
  2. El baqueanoJuan D'ArienzoinstrumentaltangoRCA Victor
  3. El baqueanoJulio De Carotango
  4. El baqueanoOsmar MadernatangoRCA Victor
  5. El baqueanoAníbal TroiloinstrumentaltangoRCA Victor

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