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Ilusión marina

Music by Antonio Sureda, lyrics by Gerónimo Sureda. 2 recordings in our catalogue, 1930–1947.

Versions of Ilusión marina recorded 1930–1947

Ilusión marina is a vals.

Ilusión marina was composed by Antonio Sureda.

The lyrics of Ilusión marina are by Gerónimo Sureda.

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

2 orchestras recorded it

4 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Antonio Sureda
Words
Gerónimo Sureda
Written
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First played
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Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Every version

Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone

The catalogue holds 2 recordings of this song by 2 orchestras, 1930 to 1947.
1930’40
Recordings of Ilusión marina 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 · 3 more we know of

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

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

  1. Osvaldo PuglieseMost dancedIlusión marinaOsvaldo PuglieseAlberto MoránvalsOdeon
    4 dances
    1947
  2. Francisco CanaroEarliest we holdIlusión marinaFrancisco CanaroCharlovalsOdeon
    No match yet
    1930
  3. Francisco CanaroNot in our catalogueCharlo · Jul 21931
  4. Ada FalcónNot in our catalogue1934
  5. Ariel RamírezNot in our catalogue
All recordings of Ilusión marina

One recording

A dated take, with its sound and the couples dancing it.

Osvaldo Pugliese

Ilusión marinaOsvaldo PuglieseAlberto MoránvalsOdeon
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Couples filmed dancing this recording · 4 Performances

Gianpiero Galdi & Maria FilaliTango Cazino · 2016 · 2:41

Danced to it

Music from 1930–1947 · danced on film 2016–2025

20162025
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2016: 1, 2025: 2

Through the decades

  1. The 2010sGianpiero Galdi & Maria FilaliTango Cazino · 2016
  2. The 2020sFernando Sanchez & Ariadna Naveira2025

Filmed sets

One Couple dancing three or four songs at one Occasion, every song known. What was danced on film, not what a DJ played.

The one complete set on film

  1. Ariadna Naveira and Fernando Sanchez

    2025 · In the order danced: the video titles number them

    1. 1Hoy al recordarlaOsvaldo Pugliese, 1945
    2. 2ChiquéOsvaldo Pugliese, 1953
    3. 3Ilusión marinaOsvaldo Pugliese, 1947
    Watch it on TangoTube

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What we don't know yet3 of 4 known

The year it was written.

Data: recordings, facts and sources

In other catalogues2

TodoTango · tema/1499

tango.info · T0370071809

Is a1

Is a Vals

Composer1

Composed by Antonio Sureda

Lyricist1

Lyrics by Gerónimo Sureda

Listen

  1. Ilusión marinaFrancisco CanaroCharlovalsOdeon
  2. Ilusión marinaOsvaldo PuglieseAlberto MoránvalsOdeon

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