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La capilla blanca

Music by Carlos Di Sarli, lyrics by Héctor Marcó. 3 recordings in our catalogue, 1944–1986.

Who recorded it

Every version3

Earliest we hold: Carlos Di Sarli, 1944

  1. Carlos Di SarliAlberto Podestá · Mario Pomar19441953
  2. José BassoQuique Ojeda1986

Versions of La capilla blanca recorded 1944–1986

La capilla blanca was composed by Carlos Di Sarli.

La capilla blanca is a tango.

La capilla blanca was published in 1944.

The lyrics of La capilla blanca are by Héctor Marcó.

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

2 orchestras recorded it

86 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Carlos Di Sarli
Words
Héctor Marcó
Written
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First played
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Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Lyrics

Español

En la capilla blanca de un pueblo provinciano, muy junto a un arroyuelo de cristal, me hincaban a rezar tus manos... Tus manos que encendían mi corazón de niño. Y al pie de un Santo Cristo, las aguas del cariño me dabas de beber. Feliz nos vio la luna bajar por la montaña, siguiendo las estrellas, bebiendo entre tus cabras, un ánfora de amor... Y hoy son aves oscuras esas tímidas campanas que doblan a lo lejos el toque de oración. Tu voz murió en el río, y en la capilla blanca, quedó un lugar vacío ¡Vacío como el alma de los dos...! En la capilla blanca de un pueblo provinciano, muy junto a un arroyuelo de cristal, presiento sollozar tus labios... Y cuando con sus duendes la noche se despierta al pie de Santo Cristo, habrá una rosa muerta, ¡que ruega por los dos!

English · machine translation

In the white chapel of a provincial town, very close to a crystal stream, I was kneeling to pray your hands... Your hands that lit up my childish heart. And at the foot of a Holy Christ the waters of affection you gave me to drink. Happy the moon saw us down the mountain, following the stars, drinking among your goats, an amphora of love... And today they are dark birds those shy bells that toll in the distance the touch of prayer. Your voice died in the river and in the white chapel, there remained an empty place Empty as the soul of the two of us...! In the white chapel of a provincial village, close by a crystal brooklet, I feel your lips your lips... And when with its elves the night wakes up at the foot of Santo Cristo, there will be a dead rose, that prays for both of us!

Every version

Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone

The catalogue holds 3 recordings of this song by 2 orchestras, 1944 to 1986.
1940’50’60’70’80
Recordings of La capilla blanca by year, taller the more they are danced · 3 of 3 recordings carry a year · read Nov 2, 2026

3 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 Carlos Di Sarli, with 100% of the 86 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. José BassoLa capilla blancaJosé BassoQuique Ojedatango
    No match yet
    1986
  2. Leopoldo FedericoNot in our catalogueAlberto Podestá1973
All recordings of La capilla blanca

One recording

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

Carlos Di Sarli

La capilla blancaCarlos Di SarliMario PomartangoMusic Hall

Couples filmed dancing this recording · 90 Performances

Danced to it

Music from 1944–1986 · danced on film 2010–2026

20102026
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2010: 2, 2012: 7, 2013: 6, 2014: 7, 2015: 3, 2016: 4, 2017: 6, 2018: 1, 2019: 6, 2021: 1, 2022: 5, 2023: 5, 2024: 4, 2025: 1, 2026: 3

Where it is danced

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

  1. Club Social y Deportivo Villa MalcolmVilla Crespo
    1 performance
  2. Salón CanningPalermo
    1 performance

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.

3 of 9 complete sets on film

  1. Eleonora Kalganova and Murat Erdemsel

    2022 · In upload order: nobody has said the order danced

    1. 1Quejas de bandoneónRodolfo Biagi, 1941
    2. 2La capilla blancaCarlos Di Sarli, 1953
    3. 3No vuelvas MaríaAlfredo De Angelis, 1950
    4. 4Gallo ciegoOsvaldo Pugliese, 1959
    Watch it on TangoTube
  2. Roxana Suárez and Sebastián Achaval

    In upload order: nobody has said the order danced

    1. 1Yo soy el tangoAníbal Troilo, 1941
    2. 2La capilla blancaCarlos Di Sarli, 1953
    3. 3La vida es una milongaPedro Laurenz, 1941
    4. 4La serenataRicardo Tanturi, 1941
    Watch it on TangoTube
  3. Marina Marques and Ozgur Demir

    In upload order: nobody has said the order danced

    1. 1La capilla blancaCarlos Di Sarli, 1953
    2. 2Milonga del 83Juan D'Arienzo, 1940
    3. 3NadaRodolfo Biagi, 1944
    4. 4Isla de CapriOsvaldo Fresedo, 1935
    Watch it on TangoTube

In their words

  • Pero él fue, y me buscó, y empecé de nuevo con la orquesta; cuando empecé a grabar, empecé a cantar La Capilla Blanca, Nido Gaucho, Al Compás del Corazón, y todas

    But he went, and he came for me, and I started again with the orchestra; when I started recording, I started singing La Capilla Blanca, Nido Gaucho, Al Compás delTangopedia translation

    Alberto Podestá · ALBERTO PODESTÁ: Tengo una pregunta para vos (por Pepa Palazón) with ENGLISH subtitles

    open at 28:16

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Data: recordings, facts and sources

Composer1

Composed by Carlos Di Sarli

In other catalogues2

TodoTango · tema/737

tango.info · T0370215045

Is a1

Is a Tango

Published1

Published 1944

Lyricist1

Lyrics by Héctor Marcó

Listen

  1. La capilla blancaCarlos Di SarliAlberto PodestátangoRCA Victor
  2. La capilla blancaCarlos Di SarliMario PomartangoMusic Hall
  3. La capilla blancaJosé BassoQuique Ojedatango

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