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Por qué

Music by Osvaldo Fresedo, lyrics by Emilio Fresedo. 7 recordings in our catalogue, 1931–1979.
1931: 2 · danced 4 times1943: 1 · danced 2 times1945: 1 · danced 2 times1955: 1 · danced 0 times1959: 1 · danced 0 times1979: 1 · danced 0 times
1931’40’50’60’701979
records madedanced on film, by the record’s year· our catalogue

1931: 2, 4; 1943: 1, 2; 1945: 1, 2; 1955: 1, 0; 1959: 1, 0; 1979: 1, 0

  1. Osvaldo Fresedo recorded it in 1931, 1943, 1955 and 1979.

    How we know

    Takes in our catalogue by the same orchestra in different years; the canon’s first orchestra is named.

Por qué was composed by Osvaldo Fresedo.

Por qué is a tango.

Por qué was published in 1931.

The lyrics of Por qué are by Emilio Fresedo.

every sentence cites a published fact

Credit

Music
Osvaldo Fresedo
Lyrics
Emilio Fresedo

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Every recording

7 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 5 more we know of

1930’40’50’60’70

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

  1. Osvaldo PuglieseRoberto Chanel, Alberto Morán · Odeon · Aug 28
    2 dances
    1945
  2. Osvaldo FresedoTeófilo Ibáñez · Brunswick
    Not danced on film yet
    1931
  3. Osvaldo FresedoOscar Serpa · RCA Victor · Jan 25
    2 dances
    1943
  4. Osvaldo FresedoInstrumental · Odeon · Jul 19
    Not danced on film yet
    1955
  5. Osvaldo FresedoInstrumental · Columbia · Oct 30
    Not danced on film yet
    1979
  6. Adolfo CarabelliEarliest we holdMost dancedAlberto Gómez · Nov 2
    4 dances
    1931
  7. Héctor GranéInstrumental
    Not danced on film yet
    1959
  8. Armando BaliottiNot in our catalogueInstrumental · Sep 71951
  9. Mariano MoresNot in our catalogueInstrumental
  10. Leopoldo FedericoNot in our catalogueInstrumental
  11. Roberto PanseraNot in our catalogueInstrumental
  12. -unspecified orchestra-Not in our catalogueAlberto Vila

Lyrics

Español · Underlined words are lunfardo: tap one for its meaning.

¿Por qué si yo soy el mismo querés cambiar mi 'e varón? ¿Por qué si mi pobre ajuar dio a cantar mi honda tristeza? ¿Por qué si no está en mi sangre vos me adornás p' hacerme amargar? Yo soy milonga sentimental. Mi nombre es macho soy el gotán. Vestí de negro con claro... Y me quisieron. Me respetaron. Y fue muy pura mi vida entera y hay quien venera mi cuna de ayer. ¿Por qué quieren que me vista tan ataviao con tanto trenzao? ¿Por qué quieren verme así hecho un de fantasía? ¿Por qué si he nacido tango y así latió mi gran corazón?

English · machine translation

Why do you if I am the same you want to change my male clothes? Why, if my if my poor trousseau gave to sing my deep sadness? Why, if it is not in my blood if it's not in my blood do you adorn me to make me bitter? I am milonga sentimental. My name is macho I am the gotán. I wore black with clear funyi... And they loved me. They respected me. And my whole life was very pure and there are those who venerate my cradle of yesterday. Why do they do they want me to dress so attired with so much braid? Why do they want to see me like this like this of fantasy? Why do they want to see me if I was born tango and that's how my great heart my great heart?

Danced to it

Music from 1931–1979 · danced on film 2009–2010

20092010
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2009: 1, 2010: 1

Gustavo Benzecry Sabá & Luciana Guido0:52

Through the decades

  1. The 2000sPablo Inza & Eugenia Parrilla2009
  2. The 2010sPablo Inza & Eugenia Parrilla2010
Data: recordings, facts and sources

Composer1

Composed by Osvaldo Fresedo

Supported · 2

In other catalogues2

TodoTango · tema/1591

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tango.info · T0370134307

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Is a1

Is a Tango

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Published1

Published 1931

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Lyricist1

Lyrics by Emilio Fresedo

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Used in lyric3

funyi — used in lyric Por qué

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gil — used in lyric Por qué

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pilcha — used in lyric Por qué

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Listen

  1. Por quéAdolfo Carabelli · Alberto Gómez1931
  2. Por quéOsvaldo Fresedo · Teófilo Ibáñez1931
  3. Por quéOsvaldo Fresedo · Oscar Serpa1943
  4. Por quéOsvaldo Pugliese · Roberto Chanel, Alberto Morán1945
  5. Por quéOsvaldo Fresedo1955
  6. Por quéHéctor Grané1959
  7. Por quéOsvaldo Fresedo1979

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