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Pigmalion

"Pigmalion" (also written "Pigmalión") is a tango with music by Astor Piazzolla and lyrics by Homero Expósito [1][2]. Its earliest known recording is dated 27 January 1947 and is credited to Astor Piazzolla with the singer Héctor Insúa [1].

Who recorded it

Every version1

Earliest we hold: Astor Piazzolla, 1947

  1. Astor PiazzollaHéctor Insua1947

Versions of Pigmalion recorded 1947

"Pigmalion" is a work classified as a tango [1]. The tango.info work page gives the title as "Pigmalion", and the Todo Tango work page spells it "Pigmalión" [1][2].

Both sources credit the music to Astor Piazzolla and the lyrics to Homero Expósito [1][2].

Todo Tango lists the year 1947 on its work page, but does not say whether this is the year of composition, premiere or publication [2]. The earliest dated performance on tango.info is a recording made on 27 January 1947 [1]. The sources do not give a reliable composition or premiere year.

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

1 orchestra recorded it

2 Dances filmed to it

Composers and lyricist

The music of "Pigmalion" is credited to Astor Piazzolla [1][2]. The lyrics are credited to Homero Expósito [1][2]. Both credits appear on the tango.info and Todo Tango work pages [1][2].

Date

Todo Tango gives the year 1947 for the work, without saying what event the year refers to [2]. The earliest known recording on tango.info is dated 27 January 1947 [1]. Neither source gives the date the work was composed or first performed [1][2].

Recordings

tango.info lists one performance and 13 tracks of the work [1]. The one dated performance listed there is the following [1]:

- Astor Piazzolla with Héctor Insúa, recorded 27 January 1947 [1]

1 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube

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  1. Astor PiazzollaEarliest we holdMost dancedPigmalionAstor PiazzollaHéctor Insuatango
    2 dances
    1947
All recordings of Pigmalion

Who wrote it

Music
Astor Piazzolla
Words
Homero Expósito
Written
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Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Lyrics

Español

Te forjé con mis sueños en flor tal vez me equivoqué... pero eso es el amor... No debía creerte y te creía la máscara vacía... vacío el corazón. Lloras... lástima de llanto sin dolor, dado en pago de este amor... de este amor desesperado y equivocado, como yo... Vieja historia repetida, por los sueños juveniles, qué momento te dio vida la cajita de buriles... que me hundiste en la caída. Hielo seco... de tu amor que me ha quemado verso inútil, fruto hueco, fuiste un eco sin pasado... vieja historia repetida del amor de Pigmalión. Yo no sé si fue azar o qué fue, lo cierto es que te amé y allí nació el adiós... y por eso me acosa noche y día tú máscara vacía de arcilla sin color... Lejos, donde está el fracaso del amor, te ajarás como una flor, pobrecita, abandonada y equivocada como yo…

English · machine translation

I forged you with my dreams in bloom maybe I was wrong... but that's what love is... I shouldn't have believed you and I believed you the empty mask... empty the heart. You cry... pity of weeping without pain.., given in payment for this love... of this desperate and wrong, like me... Old history repeated, by youthful dreams, what moment gave you life the little box of burins... that you plunged me in the fall. Dry ice... of your love that burned me useless verse, hollow fruit, you were an echo without a past... old story repeated of Pygmalion's love. I don't know if it was chance or what it was, what is certain is that I loved you and there the goodbye was born... and that's why I'm haunted night and day your empty mask of colorless clay... Far away, where the failure of love is.., you will fade like a flower, poor thing, abandoned and mistaken like me...

One recording

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Astor Piazzolla

PigmalionAstor PiazzollaHéctor Insuatango
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Couples filmed dancing this recording · 3 Performances

Diego Ortega & Aldana SilveyraWorld Champions · Tango de Pista 2025 · World Champion · Tango Escenario 20102019 · 3:45

Danced to it

Music from 1947 · danced on film 2018–2019

20182019
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2018: 1, 2019: 1

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References

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  1. Pigmalion (tango.info work page) · tango.info“Composer | Astor Piazzolla | Lyricist | Homero Expósito”
  2. Pigmalión (Todo Tango work page) · todotango.com“Pigmalión Tango 1947 Música: Astor Piazzolla Letra: Homero Expósito”

What we don't know yet3 of 4 known

The year it was written.

Data: recordings, facts and sources

Composer1

Composed by Astor Piazzolla

In other catalogues2

tango.info · T9007603421

TodoTango · tema/965

Lyricist1

Lyrics by Homero Expósito

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  1. PigmalionAstor PiazzollaHéctor Insuatango

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