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Esta noche al pasar

Music by Héctor Grané. 2 recordings in our catalogue, 1944–1945.

Versions of Esta noche al pasar recorded 1944–1945

Esta noche al pasar was composed by Héctor Grané.††

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

2 orchestras recorded it

44 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Héctor Grané
Words
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Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Lyrics

Español

Luciendo en su esplendor la cálida emoción de algún pregón arrabalero, la luna, la luna de mis sueños, dejó en la noche su canto bueno. Requiebra en tu balcón, florido y coquetón, con dulce voz, mi buen amor. Y mientras la ciudad sueña, también, sentimental... lejano se hace tango un bandoneón. Soy como el tango tristón que enredó en tu balcón el compás de una queja, ¡que es mía y te besa! Yo soy tu cantor... y esta noche al pasar, en tus sueños en flor quiero dejar mi corazón. Distante el bandoneón hilvana en su canción luna y malvón para tu pelo. ¡Porteña, porteña de mis sueños, ni sé yo mismo cuánto te quiero! Monótono un reloj insiste en su rondón para turbar mi adoración, y en tanto el arrabal, vela tu sueño de cristal, te dejo como siempre el corazón.

English · machine translation

Shining in its splendor the warm emotion of some street crier's proclamation, the moon, the moon of my dreams, left in the night its good song. Requiebra on your balcony, flowery and flirtatious, with sweet voice, my good love. And while the city dreams, too, sentimental... far away a bandoneon becomes tango. I am like the sad tango that entangled in your balcony the beat of a complaint, that is mine and kisses you! I am your singer... and tonight as you pass by in your blossoming dreams I want to leave my heart. Distant the bandoneon spins in its song moon and malvón for your hair. Porteña, porteña of my dreams, I don't even know how much I love you! Monotonous a clock insists in its chime to disturb my adoration, and while the suburb, watches over your crystal dream, I leave you as always my heart.

Every version

Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone

The catalogue holds 2 recordings of this song by 2 orchestras, 1944 to 1945.
1940
Recordings of Esta noche al pasar by year, taller the more they are danced · 2 of 2 recordings carry a year · read Nov 1, 2026

2 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube

a version people dance tono Dances matched yet: something to listen to

The leader is Pedro Laurenz, 1944, with 66% of the 44 filmed dances matched to a version of this song.

1 more dance names this song but not which version, so no share counts it. “No match yet” means no filmed dance is tied to that version so far, not that nobody dances it. Dances whose music we have not identified are left out.

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

  1. Pedro LaurenzEarliest we holdMost dancedEsta noche al pasarPedro LaurenzJorge LinarestangoOdeon
    29 dances · 66%
    1944
  2. Ricardo TanturiEsta noche al pasarRicardo TanturiEnrique CampostangoRCA Victor
    15 dances · 34%
    1945

One recording

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Pedro Laurenz

Esta noche al pasarPedro LaurenzJorge LinarestangoOdeon

Couples filmed dancing this recording · 30 Performances

Danced to it

Music from 1944–1945 · danced on film 2011–2026

20112026
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2011: 2, 2012: 4, 2013: 3, 2014: 1, 2015: 2, 2016: 2, 2018: 3, 2019: 2, 2022: 9, 2023: 3, 2024: 1, 2026: 4

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