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El Caburé

Music by Arturo de Bassi. 11 recordings in our catalogue, 1912–1966.
1912: 1 · danced 0 times1927: 1 · danced 0 times1932: 1 · danced 0 times1936: 1 · danced 0 times1937: 1 · danced 1 times1946: 1 · danced 0 times1951: 2 · danced 6 times1954: 1 · danced 0 times1960: 1 · danced 0 times1966: 1 · danced 0 times
1912’20’30’40’50’601966
records madedanced on film, by the record’s year· our catalogue

1912: 1, 0; 1927: 1, 0; 1932: 1, 0; 1936: 1, 0; 1937: 1, 1; 1946: 1, 0; 1951: 2, 6; 1954: 1, 0; 1960: 1, 0; 1966: 1, 0

  1. Carlos Di Sarli recorded it in 1946 and 1951.

    How we know

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

El Caburé was composed by Arturo de Bassi.†

Credit

Music
Arturo de Bassi

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Every recording

11 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 8 more we know of

1910’20’30’40’50’60

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

  1. Juan D'ArienzoInstrumental · RCA Victor · Sep 22
    1 dance
    1937
  2. Carlos Di SarliInstrumental · RCA Victor · Aug 1
    Not danced on film yet
    1946
  3. Carlos Di SarliMost dancedInstrumental · Music Hall · Dec 6
    6 dances
    1951
  4. Francisco CanaroInstrumental · Odeon · Apr 13
    Not danced on film yet
    1936
  5. Adolfo CarabelliInstrumental · Oct 28
    Not danced on film yet
    1932
  6. Roberto FirpoInstrumental · Odeon · Aug 25
    Not danced on film yet
    1927
  7. Juan MaglioEarliest we holdInstrumental
    Not danced on film yet
    1912
  8. Ricardo PedevillaInstrumental · Pampa · Dec 5
    Not danced on film yet
    1951
  9. Héctor VarelaInstrumental · Oct 23
    Not danced on film yet
    1966
  10. Donato RacciattiInstrumental
    Not danced on film yet
    1960
  11. Lorenzo BarberoInstrumental · Mar 15
    Not danced on film yet
    1954
  12. Donato RacciattiNot in our catalogueInstrumental · Oct 241952
  13. Juan Sánchez GorioNot in our catalogueInstrumental1955
  14. Francisco RotundoNot in our catalogueInstrumental · Aug 11956
  15. Orquesta Típica CorrientesNot in our catalogueInstrumental1978
  16. Juan Félix MaglioNot in our catalogueInstrumental
  17. Juan Sánchez GorioNot in our catalogueInstrumental
  18. Miguel VillasboasNot in our catalogueInstrumental
  19. Orquesta Típica TokioNot in our catalogueRanko Fujisawa

Danced to it

Music from 1912–1966 · danced on film 2022–2025

20222025
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2022: 3, 2024: 2, 2025: 1

Carlitos Espinoza & Agustina PiaggioWorld Champion · Tango de Pista 20192022 · 2:58

What we don't know yet3 of 4 known

The year it was written.

Data: recordings, facts and sources

In other catalogues2

tango.info · T0370004742

Single source

MusicBrainz · d7463437-20f1-4981-80cd-0edfa163fa89source

Single source

Composer1

Composed by Arturo de Bassi

Single source

Listen

  1. El CaburéJuan Maglio · no clip yet1912
  2. El CaburéRoberto Firpo1927
  3. El CaburéAdolfo Carabelli1932
  4. El CaburéFrancisco Canaro1936
  5. El CaburéJuan D'Arienzo1937
  6. El CaburéCarlos Di Sarli1946
  7. El CaburéRicardo Pedevilla · no clip yet1951
  8. El CaburéCarlos Di Sarli1951
  9. El CaburéLorenzo Barbero · no clip yet1954
  10. El CaburéDonato Racciatti1960
  11. El CaburéHéctor Varela1966

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