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Maldonado

Music by Alberto Mastra, Raúl de los Hoyos, lyrics by Alberto Vacarezza. 3 recordings in our catalogue, 1929–1943.

Who recorded it

Every version3

Earliest we hold: Francisco Canaro, 1929

  1. Carlos Di SarliRoberto Rufino1943
  2. Pedro LaurenzAlberto Podestá1943
  3. Francisco CanaroCharlo1929

Versions of Maldonado recorded 1929–1943

Maldonado was composed by Raúl de los Hoyos.† The lyrics of Maldonado are by Alberto Vacarezza.†

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

3 orchestras recorded it

127 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Alberto Mastra, Raúl de los Hoyos
Words
Alberto Vacarezza
Written
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First played
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Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Lyrics

Every version

Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone

The catalogue holds 3 recordings of this song by 3 orchestras, 1929 to 1943.
1920’30’40
Recordings of Maldonado 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 Pedro Laurenz, 1943, with 93% of the 127 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. Pedro LaurenzMost dancedMaldonadoPedro LaurenzAlberto PodestámilongaOdeon
    118 dances · 93%
    1943
  2. Carlos Di SarliMaldonadoCarlos Di SarliRoberto RufinomilongaRCA Victor
    9 dances · 7%
    1943
  3. Francisco CanaroEarliest we holdMaldonadoFrancisco CanaroCharlotangoOdeon
    No match yet
    1929
  4. Francisco CanaroNot in our catalogueCharlo · May 21930
All recordings of Maldonado

One recording

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

Pedro Laurenz

MaldonadoPedro LaurenzAlberto PodestámilongaOdeon

Couples filmed dancing this recording · 121 Performances

Danced to it

Music from 1929–1943 · danced on film 2010–2026

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

2010: 6, 2011: 4, 2012: 3, 2013: 9, 2014: 5, 2015: 5, 2016: 6, 2017: 8, 2018: 8, 2019: 14, 2022: 8, 2023: 11, 2024: 1, 2025: 5, 2026: 4

Where it is danced

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

  1. Sunderland ClubVilla Urquiza
    2 performances
  2. Círculo TrovadorVicente López
    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 18 complete sets on film

  1. Agustin Rojas and Victoria Olivella

    2023 · In the order danced: the video titles number them

    1. 1ChiquéOsvaldo Pugliese, 1953
    2. 2La serenataRicardo Tanturi, 1941
    3. 3Almanaque de ilusiónJuan D'Arienzo, 1941
    4. 4MaldonadoPedro Laurenz, 1943
    Watch it on TangoTube
  2. Juan Martín Carrara and Stefanía Colina

    2018 · In the order danced: the video titles number them

    1. 1TedioAníbal Troilo, 1945
    2. 2Patio porteñoHéctor Varela, 1952
    3. 3Tu boca mintióJuan D'Arienzo, 1951
    4. 4MaldonadoPedro Laurenz, 1943
    Watch it on TangoTube
  3. Cristina Sosa and Daniel Nacucchio

    Viva La Pepa, 2015 · In the order danced: the video titles number them

    1. 1MaldonadoPedro Laurenz, 1943
    2. 2FarolOsvaldo Pugliese, 1943
    3. 3JudasJuan D'Arienzo, 1942
    4. 4Corrientes y EsmeraldaOsvaldo Pugliese, 1944
    Watch it on TangoTube

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What we don't know yet3 of 4 known

The year it was written.

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