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Song

Milongón

Music by Francisco Canaro, lyrics by Homero Manzi. 4 recordings in our catalogue, 1938–1956.

Versions of Milongón recorded 1938–1956

Milongón was composed by Francisco Canaro.† The lyrics of Milongón are by Homero Manzi.†

The work

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Music
Francisco Canaro
Lyrics
Homero Manzi

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Recordings

Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone

The catalogue holds 4 recordings of this song by 3 orchestras, 1938 to 1956.

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1930’40’50
Recordings of Milongón by year, taller the more they are danced · 4 of 4 recordings carry a year · read Nov 1, 2026

4 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 2 more we know of

The leader is Francisco Canaro, 1956, with 71% of the 38 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. Francisco CanaroMost dancedMilongónFrancisco CanaroAlberto ArenasmilongaOdeon
    27 dances · 71%
    1956
  2. Francisco LomutoMilongónFrancisco LomutoJorge OmarmilongaRCA Victor
    6 dances · 16%
    1939
  3. Francisco CanaroEarliest we holdMilongónFrancisco CanaroinstrumentalmilongaOdeon
    3 dances · 8%
    1938
  4. Quinteto Pirincho (Francisco Canaro)MilongónQuinteto Pirincho (Francisco Canaro)singer unknownmilongaOdeon
    2 dances · 5%
    1952
  5. -unspecified guitars-Not in our catalogueÁngel Vargas · Apr 171939
  6. Quinteto Pirincho, dir. Francisco CanaroNot in our catalogueApr 71952

The versions dancers use

Music from 1938–1956 · danced on film 2007–2025

20072025
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2007: 1, 2012: 2, 2013: 5, 2014: 1, 2015: 1, 2016: 1, 2017: 1, 2018: 3, 2019: 2, 2022: 1, 2024: 3, 2025: 1

Dante Sánchez & Angelica AvalosWorld Champion · Tango de Salón 20072007 · 2:09

Through the decades

  1. The 2000sDante Sánchez & Angelica Avalos2007
  2. The 2010sMichael Nadtochi & Eleonora Kalganova2017
  3. The 2020sBrenno Marques & Fatima Caracoch2024

Where it is danced

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

  1. MarabúSan Nicolás
    1 performance

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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 · T0370019138

TodoTango · tema/4052

Composer1

Composed by Francisco Canaro

Lyricist1

Lyrics by Homero Manzi

Listen

  1. MilongónFrancisco CanaroinstrumentalmilongaOdeon
  2. MilongónFrancisco LomutoJorge OmarmilongaRCA Victor
  3. MilongónQuinteto Pirincho (Francisco Canaro)singer unknownmilongaOdeon
  4. MilongónFrancisco CanaroAlberto ArenasmilongaOdeon

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