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Melodía oriental

Music by Juan Carlos Howard, Roberto Zerrillo, lyrics by Enrique Cadícamo. 3 recordings in our catalogue, 1940–1970.
1940: 1 · danced 0 times1957: 1 · danced 28 times1970: 1 · danced 0 times
1940’50’601970
records madedanced on film, by the record’s year· our catalogue

1940: 1, 0; 1957: 1, 28; 1970: 1, 0

  1. Enrique Francini recorded it in 1957 and 1970.

    How we know

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

Melodía oriental was composed by Juan Carlos Howard and Roberto Zerrillo.† The lyrics of Melodía oriental are by Enrique Cadícamo.†

Credit

Music
Juan Carlos Howard, Roberto Zerrillo
Lyrics
Enrique Cadícamo

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Every recording

3 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 6 more we know of

1940’50’60’70

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

  1. Francisco CanaroEarliest we holdFrancisco Amor · Odeon · May 16
    Not danced on film yet
    1940
  2. Enrique FranciniMost dancedRoberto Rufino · RCA Victor · Apr 3
    28 dances
    1957
  3. Enrique FranciniCBS Columbia · Aug 26
    Not danced on film yet
    1970
  4. Roberto ZerrilloNot in our catalogueJorge Cardozo · Jul 161940
  5. Héctor PachecoNot in our catalogue
  6. Carlos GarcíaNot in our catalogueHéctor Pacheco
  7. José LibertellaNot in our catalogue
  8. Roberto ZerrilloNot in our catalogue-unspecified male-
  9. -unspecified orchestra-Not in our catalogueHéctor Pacheco

Danced to it

Music from 1940–1970 · danced on film 2009–2025

20092025
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2009: 2, 2015: 3, 2016: 2, 2017: 1, 2019: 1, 2020: 2, 2021: 1, 2022: 1, 2024: 2, 2025: 2

Lucas Carrizo & Paula TejedaLisbon Tango Festival · 2025 · 3:56

Through the decades

  1. The 2000sNatalia Ochoa & Daniel Montano2009
  2. The 2010sJulio Balmaceda & Alejandra Gutty2015
  3. The 2020sLucas Carrizo & Paula TejedaLisbon Tango Festival · 2025

Where it is danced

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

  1. La CatedralAlmagro
    1 performance

What we don't know yet3 of 4 known

The year it was written.

Data: recordings, facts and sources

In other catalogues2

tango.info · T0370091067

Single source

TodoTango · tema/2271

Single source

Composer2

Composed by Juan Carlos Howard

Single source

Composed by Roberto Zerrillo

Single source

Lyricist1

Lyrics by Enrique Cadícamo

Single source

Listen

  1. Melodía orientalFrancisco Canaro · Francisco Amor · no clip yet1940
  2. Melodía orientalEnrique Francini · Roberto Rufino1957
  3. Melodía orientalEnrique Francini1970

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