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La clavada

Music by Ernesto Zambonini. 8 recordings in our catalogue, 1930–1967.
1930: 1 · danced 0 times1933: 1 · danced 6 times1938: 1 · danced 0 times1940: 1 · danced 14 times1950: 1 · danced 0 times1962: 1 · danced 0 times1963: 1 · danced 0 times1967: 1 · danced 0 times
1930’40’50’601967
records madedanced on film, by the record’s year· our catalogue

1930: 1, 0; 1933: 1, 6; 1938: 1, 0; 1940: 1, 14; 1950: 1, 0; 1962: 1, 0; 1963: 1, 0; 1967: 1, 0

  1. Juan D'Arienzo recorded it in 1940 and 1967. One other orchestra recorded it more than once.

    How we know

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

Credit

Music
Ernesto Zambonini

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Every recording

8 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 4 more we know of

1930’40’50’60

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

  1. Juan D'ArienzoMost dancedInstrumental · RCA Victor · Oct 9
    14 dances
    1940
  2. Juan D'ArienzoInstrumental · RCA Victor · Aug 16
    Not danced on film yet
    1967
  3. Osvaldo FresedoRCA Victor · Dec 17
    6 dances
    1933
  4. Francisco CanaroEarliest we holdInstrumental · Odeon · Jun 24
    Not danced on film yet
    1930
  5. Florindo SassoneInstrumental · Odeon · Oct 5
    Not danced on film yet
    1962
  6. Horacio SalganRCA Victor · May 4
    Not danced on film yet
    1950
  7. Horacio SalganPhilips
    Not danced on film yet
    1963
  8. Quinteto Don Pancho (Francisco Canaro)Odeon · Mar 3
    Not danced on film yet
    1938
  9. Quinteto Don Pancho, dir. Francisco CanaroNot in our catalogueMar 31938
  10. Donato RacciattiNot in our catalogue
  11. Miguel VillasboasNot in our catalogue
  12. Vicente GrecoNot in our catalogue

Danced to it

Music from 1930–1967 · danced on film 2007–2026

20072026
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2007: 1, 2010: 1, 2013: 2, 2014: 1, 2015: 2, 2018: 1, 2024: 1, 2025: 3, 2026: 2

Brenno Marques & Fatima CaracochWorld Champions · Tango de Pista 20240:19

Through the decades

  1. The 2000sFederico Naveira & Corina Herrera2007
  2. The 2010sDiego Amorín & Cecilia Capello2015
  3. The 2020sBrenno Marques & Fatima CaracochMediterranean Summer Tango Festival · 2025

What we don't know yet3 of 4 known

The year it was written.

Data: recordings, facts and sources

In other catalogues2

tango.info · T0370006420

Single source

TodoTango · tema/5540

Single source

Listen

  1. La clavadaFrancisco Canaro1930
  2. La clavadaOsvaldo Fresedo1933
  3. La clavadaQuinteto Don Pancho (Francisco Canaro) · no clip yet1938
  4. La clavadaJuan D'Arienzo1940
  5. La clavadaHoracio Salgan1950
  6. La clavadaFlorindo Sassone · no clip yet1962
  7. La clavadaHoracio Salgan1963
  8. La clavadaJuan D'Arienzo1967

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