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Pena de amor

Music by Jorge Argentino Fernández, lyrics by José María Contursi. 2 recordings in our catalogue, 1943–1954.

Who recorded it

Every version2

Earliest we hold: Lucio Demare, 1943

  1. Lucio DemareRaúl Berón1943
  2. Ángel Vargas1954

Versions of Pena de amor recorded 1943–1954

Pena de amor was composed by Jorge Fernández.† The lyrics of Pena de amor are by José María Contursi.†

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

2 orchestras recorded it

13 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Jorge Argentino Fernández
Words
José María Contursi
Written
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First played
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Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Lyrics

Read the lyrics on Lucio Demare’s 1943 recording in TangoCloud

Every version

Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone

The catalogue holds 2 recordings of this song by 2 orchestras, 1943 to 1954.
1940’50
Recordings of Pena de amor by year, taller the more they are danced · 2 of 2 recordings carry a year · read Nov 2, 2026

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

a version people dance tono Dances matched yet: something to listen to

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

  1. Lucio DemareEarliest we holdMost dancedPena de amorLucio DemareRaúl BeróntangoOdeon
    12 dances
    1943
  2. Ángel VargasPena de amorÁngel VargassungtangoRCA Victor
    1 dance
    1954
  3. Andrés FalgásNot in our catalogueMay 51936
  4. Jorge FernándezNot in our catalogueAlberto Aguirre · Jan 301953
  5. Armando LacavaNot in our catalogueÁngel Vargas · Jan 281954
All recordings of Pena de amor

One recording

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

Lucio Demare

Pena de amorLucio DemareRaúl BeróntangoOdeon
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Couples filmed dancing this recording · 12 Performances

Dante Sánchez & Roxana SuárezWorld Champion · Tango de Salón 20072025 · 3:34

Danced to it

Music from 1943–1954 · danced on film 2012–2026

20122026
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2012: 2, 2013: 1, 2014: 1, 2016: 1, 2017: 1, 2019: 2, 2025: 2, 2026: 2

Through the decades

  1. The 2010sOrlando Reyes & Maria Inés BogadoNora's Tango Week · 2019
  2. The 2020sDante Sánchez & Roxana Suárez2025

Where it is danced

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

  1. Espacio Riobamba (Club Castel)Balvanera
    1 performance

Filmed sets

One Couple dancing three or four songs at one Occasion, every song known. What was danced on film, not what a DJ played.

2 of 2 complete sets on film

  1. Fausto Carpino and Stephanie Fesneau

    Mediterranean Summer Tango Festival, 2019 · In upload order: nobody has said the order danced

    1. 1Valsecito criolloJuan D'Arienzo, 1937
    2. 2De antañoJuan D'Arienzo, 1939
    3. 3Pena de amorLucio Demare, 1943
    Watch it on TangoTube

  2. Graciela Gonzalez and Ricardo Viqueira

    2017 · In upload order: nobody has said the order danced

    1. 1Mi morochaRicardo Tanturi, 1941
    2. 2MorenaEsteban Morgado, 2007
    3. 3Pena de amorLucio Demare, 1943
    Watch it on TangoTube

Read more

What we don't know yet3 of 4 known

The year it was written.

Data: recordings, facts and sources

In other catalogues2

tango.info · T0370022619

TodoTango · tema/179

Composer1

Composed by Jorge Fernández

Lyricist1

Lyrics by José María Contursi

Listen

  1. Pena de amorLucio DemareRaúl BeróntangoOdeon
  2. Pena de amorÁngel VargassungtangoRCA Victor

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