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Song

Mi cantar

Music by Héctor Stamponi, lyrics by Homero Expósito. 1 recordings in our catalogue, 1943–1943.

Who recorded it

Every version1

Earliest we hold: Miguel Caló, 1943

  1. Miguel CalóJorge Ortiz1943

Versions of Mi cantar recorded 1943

Mi cantar was composed by Héctor Stamponi.† The lyrics of Mi cantar are by Homero Expósito.†

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

1 orchestra recorded it

4 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Héctor Stamponi
Words
Homero Expósito
Written
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First played
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Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Lyrics

Read the lyrics on Miguel Caló’s 1943 recording in TangoCloud

Every version

Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone

The catalogue holds 1 recordings of this song by 1 orchestras, 1943 to 1943.

1 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube

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  1. Miguel CalóEarliest we holdMost dancedMi cantarMiguel CalóJorge OrtiztangoOdeonMeasured automatically · 126 BPM · C minor
    4 dances
    1943
All recordings of Mi cantar

One recording

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

Miguel Caló

Mi cantarMiguel CalóJorge OrtiztangoOdeon
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Couples filmed dancing this recording · 4 Performances

Nelson Pinto & Juana SepulvedaMilongueros All Aboard · 2022 · 3:20

Danced to it

Music from 1943 · danced on film 2022–2026

20222026
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2022: 1, 2026: 1

In their words

  • Ahora, yo no sabía cómo hacerlo; me quedaba un poco cortado, perdón... y yo quería cantar 'quiero, mi... fantasía'. Pero, cuando lo iba a cantar,

    Alberto Podestá · ALBERTO PODESTÁ: Tengo una pregunta para vos (por Pepa Palazón) with ENGLISH subtitles

    open at 31:32
  • Entonces yo tenía que cantar; toda la semana me daba cuatro tangos que yo nunca en mi vida había cantado, y los tenía que cantar...

    Alfredo Sadi · Alfredo Sadi - La entrevista

    open at 23:53

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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 catalogues2

tango.info · T0370199157

TodoTango · tema/829

Composer1

Composed by Héctor Stamponi

Lyricist1

Lyrics by Homero Expósito

Listen

  1. Mi cantarMiguel CalóJorge OrtiztangoOdeon

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