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El cuarteador

Music by Enrique Cadícamo, lyrics by Enrique Cadícamo. 3 recordings in our catalogue, 1941–1942.
1941: 2 · danced 66 times1942: 1 · danced 1 times
19411942
records madedanced on film, by the record’s year· our catalogue

1941: 2, 66; 1942: 1, 1

El cuarteador was composed by Enrique Cadícamo.† The lyrics of El cuarteador are by Enrique Cadícamo.†

Credit

Music
Enrique Cadícamo
Lyrics
Enrique Cadícamo

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Every recording

3 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube

1940

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

  1. Aníbal TroiloEarliest we holdMost dancedFrancisco Fiorentino · RCA Victor · Sep 8
    66 dances
    1941
  2. Ángel D'AgostinoÁngel Vargas · RCA Victor
    1 dance
    1942
  3. Francisco CanaroFrancisco Amor · Odeon · Oct 6
    Not danced on film yet
    1941

Danced to it

Music from 1941–1942 · danced on film 2008–2026

20082026
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2008: 1, 2009: 1, 2013: 1, 2014: 3, 2015: 4, 2016: 15, 2017: 10, 2018: 3, 2019: 5, 2020: 2, 2022: 4, 2023: 3, 2024: 2, 2025: 4, 2026: 2

Germán Ballejo & Magdalena GutiérrezWorld Champions · Tango de Pista 2017Dubai Tango Festival · 2017 · 5:47

Through the decades

  1. The 2000sMichelle Erdemsel2009
  2. The 2010sGermán Ballejo & Magdalena GutiérrezDubai Tango Festival · 2017
  3. The 2020sJonathan Saavedra & Clarisa Aragón2023

Where it is danced

The places our videos show it danced, by performances filmed there.

  1. Espacio Riobamba (Club Castel)Balvanera
    3 performances
  2. Salón La NacionalMonserrat
    2 performances
  3. MarabúSan Nicolás
    1 performance

What we don't know yet3 of 4 known

The year it was written.

Data: recordings, facts and sources

In other catalogues3

tango.info · T0370173924

Single source

TodoTango · tema/845

Single source

MusicBrainz · a4d942fa-c139-4bd2-bd74-0e00e20705f6source

Single source

Composer1

Composed by Enrique Cadícamo

Single source

Lyricist1

Lyrics by Enrique Cadícamo

Single source

Listen

  1. El cuarteadorAníbal Troilo · Francisco Fiorentino1941
  2. El cuarteadorFrancisco Canaro · Francisco Amor · no clip yet1941
  3. El cuarteadorÁngel D'Agostino · Ángel Vargas · no clip yet1942

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