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Song

Imaginación

Music by Oscar Arona, Elvino Vardaro, lyrics by Francisco García Jiménez. 2 recordings in our catalogue, 1933–1950.

Who recorded it

Every version2

Earliest we hold: Francisco Lomuto, 1933

  1. Alfredo De Angelis1950
  2. Francisco LomutoFernando Díaz1933

Versions of Imaginación recorded 1933–1950

Imaginación was composed by Elvino Vardaro and Oscar Arona.† The lyrics of Imaginación are by Francisco García Jiménez.†

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

2 orchestras recorded it

33 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Oscar Arona, Elvino Vardaro
Words
Francisco García Jiménez
Written
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First played
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Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Lyrics

Read the lyrics on Alfredo De Angelis’s 1950 recording in TangoCloud

Every version

Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone

The catalogue holds 2 recordings of this song by 2 orchestras, 1933 to 1950.
1930’40’50
Recordings of Imaginación by year, taller the more they are danced · 2 of 2 recordings carry a year · read Nov 2, 2026

2 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 1 more we know of

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

The leader is Alfredo De Angelis, 1950, with 100% of the 33 filmed dances matched to a version of this song.

“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. Alfredo De AngelisMost dancedImaginaciónAlfredo De AngelisinstrumentalvalsOdeon
    33 dances · 100%
    1950
  2. Francisco LomutoEarliest we holdImaginaciónFrancisco LomutoFernando DíazvalsRCA Victor
    No match yet
    1933
  3. Libertad LamarqueNot in our catalogue1933
All recordings of Imaginación

One recording

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

Alfredo De Angelis

ImaginaciónAlfredo De AngelisinstrumentalvalsOdeon
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Couples filmed dancing this recording · 32 Performances

Jonathan Saavedra & Clarisa AragónWorld Champions · Tango de Pista 20151:00

Danced to it

Music from 1933–1950 · danced on film 2015–2025

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

2015: 3, 2016: 2, 2017: 1, 2018: 5, 2019: 4, 2020: 3, 2023: 4, 2024: 1, 2025: 1

Through the decades

  1. The 2010sJonathan Saavedra & Clarisa AragónBratislava Tango Festival · 2018
  2. The 2020sJonathan Saavedra & Clarisa AragónBratislava Tango Festival · 2024

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. Brenno Marques and Eva Icikson

    2018 · In upload order: nobody has said the order danced

    1. 1ImaginaciónAlfredo De Angelis, 1950
    2. 2Saca chispasJulio De Caro, 1938
    3. 3Este carnavalJuan D'Arienzo, 1951
    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

tango.info · T0370015170

TodoTango · tema/4302

Composer2

Composed by Elvino Vardaro

Composed by Oscar Arona

Lyricist1

Lyrics by Francisco García Jiménez

Listen

  1. ImaginaciónFrancisco LomutoFernando DíazvalsRCA Victor
  2. ImaginaciónAlfredo De AngelisinstrumentalvalsOdeon

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