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Flores negras

Music by Francisco de Caro. 7 recordings in our catalogue, 1927–1980.
1927: 1 · danced 34 times1942: 1 · danced 0 times1952: 1 · danced 1 times1957: 1 · danced 0 times1958: 1 · danced 0 times1961: 1 · danced 0 times1980: 1 · danced 1 times
1927’40’50’60’701980
records madedanced on film, by the record’s year· our catalogue

1927: 1, 34; 1942: 1, 0; 1952: 1, 1; 1957: 1, 0; 1958: 1, 0; 1961: 1, 0; 1980: 1, 1

  1. Julio De Caro recorded it in 1927, 1942 and 1952.

    How we know

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

Flores negras was composed by Francisco De Caro.†

Credit

Music
Francisco de Caro

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Every recording

7 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 6 more we know of

1920’30’40’50’60’70’80

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

  1. Osvaldo FresedoInstrumental · Columbia · Jun 27
    1 dance
    1980
  2. Alfredo De AngelisInstrumental · Odeon · Aug 15
    Not danced on film yet
    1961
  3. Julio De CaroEarliest we holdMost dancedInstrumental · Sep 13
    34 dances
    1927
  4. Julio De Caro
    Not danced on film yet
    1942
  5. Julio De CaroSep 19
    1 dance
    1952
  6. Horacio SalganAntar-Telefunken (Montevideo) · Jul 17
    Not danced on film yet
    1957
  7. Los Astros Del TangoMusic Hall
    Not danced on film yet
    1958
  8. Orquesta Típica Brodman-AlfaroNot in our catalogue1930
  9. Leo LipeskerNot in our catalogueMay 91961
  10. Orquesta Típica Decareana, dir. Osvaldo RequenaNot in our catalogue1983
  11. Atilio StamponeNot in our catalogue
  12. Astor PiazzollaNot in our catalogue
  13. Juanjo DomínguezNot in our catalogue

Danced to it

Music from 1927–1980 · danced on film 2007–2024

20072024
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2007: 1, 2008: 1, 2011: 3, 2012: 1, 2013: 6, 2014: 4, 2015: 3, 2018: 2, 2023: 2, 2024: 1

Javier Antar & Kara Wenham2013 · 2:56

Through the decades

  1. The 2000sRamiro Gigliotti & Elina Roldán2007
  2. The 2010sJavier Antar & Kara Wenham2013
  3. The 2020sBruno Tombari & Rocio LequioBratislava Tango Festival · 2023

What we don't know yet3 of 4 known

The year it was written.

Data: recordings, facts and sources

In other catalogues2

tango.info · T0370013414

Single source

TodoTango · tema/2257

Single source

Composer1

Composed by Francisco De Caro

Single source

Listen

  1. Flores negrasJulio De Caro1927
  2. Flores negrasJulio De Caro1942
  3. Flores negrasJulio De Caro1952
  4. Flores negrasHoracio Salgan · no clip yet1957
  5. Flores negrasLos Astros Del Tango · no clip yet1958
  6. Flores negrasAlfredo De Angelis1961
  7. Flores negrasOsvaldo Fresedo · no clip yet1980

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