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Florida

Music by Raimundo Petillo, lyrics by Antonio Polito. 3 recordings in our catalogue, 1938–1952.
1938: 1 · danced 10 times1941: 1 · danced 0 times1952: 1 · danced 0 times
1938’40’501952
records madedanced on film, by the record’s year· our catalogue

1938: 1, 10; 1941: 1, 0; 1952: 1, 0

  1. Juan D'Arienzo recorded it in 1938 and 1952.

    How we know

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

Florida was composed by Raimundo Petillo.† The lyrics of Florida are by Antonio Polito.†

Credit

Music
Raimundo Petillo
Lyrics
Antonio Polito

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Every recording

3 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube

1930’40’50

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

  1. Juan D'ArienzoEarliest we holdMost dancedInstrumental · RCA Victor · Aug 5
    10 dances
    1938
  2. Juan D'ArienzoInstrumental · RCA Victor · Nov 12
    Not danced on film yet
    1952
  3. Enrique RodríguezInstrumental · Odeon · Jul 23
    Not danced on film yet
    1941

Danced to it

Music from 1938–1952 · danced on film 2015–2025

20152025
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2015: 1, 2019: 1, 2020: 1, 2022: 3, 2023: 1, 2025: 1

Maja Petrović2022 · 3:05

Through the decades

  1. The 2010sMarko Miljevic & Maja Petrović2019
  2. The 2020sMaja Petrović2022

Where it is danced

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

  1. Buenos Ayres ClubMonserrat
    1 performance

What we don't know yet3 of 4 known

The year it was written.

Data: recordings, facts and sources

In other catalogues2

tango.info · T0370013425

Single source

TodoTango · tema/2725

Single source

Composer1

Composed by Raimundo Petillo

Single source

Lyricist1

Lyrics by Antonio Polito

Single source

Listen

  1. FloridaJuan D'Arienzo1938
  2. FloridaEnrique Rodríguez · no clip yet1941
  3. FloridaJuan D'Arienzo1952

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