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Madre mía

Music by Osvaldo Fresedo, lyrics by Emilio Fresedo. 3 recordings in our catalogue, 1927–1942.
1927: 1 · danced 0 times1928: 1 · danced 0 times1942: 1 · danced 0 times
1927’30’401942
records made· our catalogue

1927: 1, 0; 1928: 1, 0; 1942: 1, 0

  1. Osvaldo Fresedo recorded it in 1927 and 1942.

    How we know

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

Madre mía is a tango.

Madre mía was composed by Osvaldo Fresedo.

The lyrics of Madre mía are by Emilio Fresedo.

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Credit

Music
Osvaldo Fresedo
Lyrics
Emilio Fresedo

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Every recording

3 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 3 more we know of

1920’30’40

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

  1. Osvaldo FresedoEarliest we holdInstrumental · Odeon · Sep 271927
  2. Osvaldo FresedoOscar Serpa · RCA Victor · Sep 61942
  3. Roberto FirpoTeófilo Ibáñez · Odeon · Feb 291928
  4. -unspecified guitars-Not in our catalogueIgnacio Corsini1928
  5. Ignacio CorsiniNot in our catalogue
  6. Carlos GarcíaNot in our catalogue

Danced to it

Music from 1927–1942 · danced on film 2016

Ignacio Giannini & Lola Diaz2016 · 88:20

What we don't know yet3 of 4 known

The year it was written.

Data: recordings, facts and sources

In other catalogues2

TodoTango · tema/7338

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tango.info · T0370142587

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Is a1

Is a Tango

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Composer1

Composed by Osvaldo Fresedo

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Lyricist1

Lyrics by Emilio Fresedo

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Listen

  1. Madre míaOsvaldo Fresedo1927
  2. Madre míaRoberto Firpo · Teófilo Ibáñez · no clip yet1928
  3. Madre míaOsvaldo Fresedo · Oscar Serpa1942

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