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María Elena

1 recordings in our catalogue, 1931–1931.

Who recorded it

Every version1

Earliest we hold: Roberto Firpo, 1931

  1. Roberto FirpoPrincipe Azul1931

Versions of María Elena recorded 1931

María Elena was composed by Lorenzo Barcelata.†

The song

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1 orchestra recorded it

0 Dances filmed to it

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The catalogue holds 1 recordings of this song by 1 orchestras, 1931 to 1931.

1 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube

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  1. Roberto FirpoEarliest we holdMaría ElenaRoberto FirpoPrincipe AzulvalsOdeon1931
All recordings of María Elena

One recording

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Roberto Firpo

María ElenaRoberto FirpoPrincipe AzulvalsOdeon
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In their words

  • Pero han dicho eso y aparecieron en el sesenta Horacio Ferrer, Eladia Blázquez, María Elena Walsh, un excelente poeta hoy tan olvidado, y después, bueno, la camada

    But they said that, and then in the sixties came Horacio Ferrer, Eladia Blázquez, María Elena Walsh, an excellent poet, today so forgotten, and then, well, the generationTangopedia translation

    Matías Mauricio · Matías Mauricio - La entrevista

    open at 6:46
  • Pero la que corta con eso, y da la mirada así -dice: 'esto es otra cosa'-, es cuando María Elena, por ejemplo, escribe 'el 45', porque 'el 45' fue una de las definiciones

    But the one who breaks with that, and gives that outlook, saying 'this is something else,' is when María Elena, for instance, writes 'el 45,' because 'el 45' wasTangopedia translation

    Susana Rinaldi · SUSANA RINALDI Tengo una pregunta para vos (por Pepa Palazón) with ENGLISH subtitles.

    open at 58:24

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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 catalogues1

tango.info · T0350001385

Composer1

Composed by Lorenzo Barcelata

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  1. María ElenaRoberto FirpoPrincipe AzulvalsOdeon

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