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Patético

Music by Jorge Caldara. 3 recordings in our catalogue, 1948–2017.

Patético was composed by Jorge Caldara.†† Patético was published in 1948.† Patético: Listed among Caldara's instrumental tangos.†

Credit

Music
Jorge Caldara

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Every recording

3 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube

  1. Osvaldo PuglieseEarliest we holdMost dancedInstrumental · Odeon · Apr 61948412 dances
  2. Aníbal TroiloInstrumental · RCA Victor · Mar 30194913 dances
  3. Tango BardoInstrumental · Jun 1201783 dances

Danced to it

Music from 1948–2017 · danced on film 2000–2026

20002026
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2000: 1, 2004: 3, 2005: 1, 2006: 1, 2007: 4, 2008: 12, 2009: 15, 2010: 22, 2011: 27, 2012: 32, 2013: 29, 2014: 31, 2015: 38, 2016: 21, 2017: 36, 2018: 43, 2019: 46, 2020: 7, 2021: 19, 2022: 39, 2023: 26, 2024: 26, 2025: 12, 2026: 12

Jonathan Saavedra & Clarisa AragónWorld Champions · Tango de Pista 2015Southern California Tango Championship · 2023 · 2:54

Through the decades

  1. The 2000sFernando GraciaMundial de Baile de Tango · 2007
  2. The 2010sDmitry Vasin & Carlos EspinosaPlanetango · 2014
  3. The 2020sJonathan Saavedra & Clarisa AragónSouthern California Tango Championship · 2023

What we don't know yet3 of 4 known

The year it was written.

Data: recordings, facts and sources

Recordings by year

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

19482017

1948: 1, 1949: 1, 2017: 1

Composer1

Composed by Jorge Caldara

Supported · 2

In other catalogues3

tango.info · T0370259792

Single source

TodoTango · tema/1583

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MusicBrainz · 89ad34af-c19e-44da-b378-2fcec11c2937source

Single source

Published1

Published 1948

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Notes1

Listed among Caldara's instrumental tangos.

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Listen

  1. PatéticoOsvaldo Pugliese1948
  2. PatéticoAníbal Troilo1949
  3. PatéticoTango Bardo2017

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