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El espiante

Music by Osvaldo Fresedo. 8 recordings in our catalogue, 1916–1979.
1916: 1 · danced 0 times1927: 1 · danced 0 times1932: 1 · danced 0 times1933: 1 · danced 26 times1939: 1 · danced 28 times1954: 1 · danced 2 times1955: 1 · danced 0 times1979: 1 · danced 0 times
1916’30’40’50’60’701979
records madedanced on film, by the record’s year· our catalogue

1916: 1, 0; 1927: 1, 0; 1932: 1, 0; 1933: 1, 26; 1939: 1, 28; 1954: 1, 2; 1955: 1, 0; 1979: 1, 0

  1. Osvaldo Fresedo recorded it in 1927, 1932, 1933, 1955 and 1979.

    How we know

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

El espiante was composed by Osvaldo Fresedo.†

Credit

Music
Osvaldo Fresedo

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Every recording

8 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 3 more we know of

1910’20’30’40’50’60’70

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

  1. Osvaldo FresedoOdeon · Dec 1
    Not danced on film yet
    1927
  2. Osvaldo FresedoBrunswick · Jan 17
    Not danced on film yet
    1932
  3. Osvaldo FresedoInstrumental · RCA Victor · Mar 16
    26 dances
    1933
  4. Osvaldo FresedoInstrumental · Odeon · Dec 29
    Not danced on film yet
    1955
  5. Osvaldo FresedoInstrumental · Columbia · Nov 6
    Not danced on film yet
    1979
  6. Francisco CanaroEarliest we holdAtlanta
    Not danced on film yet
    1916
  7. Julio De CaroMost dancedInstrumental · Jul 7
    28 dances
    1939
  8. Héctor VarelaInstrumental · Nov 25
    2 dances
    1954
  9. Roberto FirpoNot in our catalogue1916
  10. Héctor VarelaNot in our catalogue1974
  11. Roberto PanseraNot in our catalogue

Danced to it

Music from 1916–1979 · danced on film 2009–2026

20092026
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2009: 4, 2011: 1, 2012: 1, 2013: 4, 2014: 2, 2015: 2, 2016: 1, 2017: 4, 2018: 9, 2019: 2, 2021: 1, 2022: 11, 2023: 3, 2026: 1

Mariano Chicho Frúmboli & Juana Sepulveda2022 · 2:27

Through the decades

  1. The 2000sHoracio Pebete Godoy & Cecilia Berra2009
  2. The 2010sMariano Chicho Frúmboli & Juana Sepulveda2014
  3. The 2020sMariano Chicho Frúmboli & Juana Sepulveda2022

What we don't know yet3 of 4 known

The year it was written.

Data: recordings, facts and sources

In other catalogues2

tango.info · T0370011554

Single source

TodoTango · tema/904

Single source

Composer1

Composed by Osvaldo Fresedo

Single source

Listen

  1. El espianteFrancisco Canaro · no clip yet1916
  2. El espianteOsvaldo Fresedo1927
  3. El espianteOsvaldo Fresedo1932
  4. El espianteOsvaldo Fresedo1933
  5. El espianteJulio De Caro1939
  6. El espianteHéctor Varela1954
  7. El espianteOsvaldo Fresedo1955
  8. El espianteOsvaldo Fresedo1979

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