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Santa madrecita

Music by Juan D'Arienzo, Hector Varela, lyrics by Carlos Waiss. 2 recordings in our catalogue, 1949–1949.

Who recorded it

Every version2

Earliest we hold: Juan D'Arienzo, 1949

  1. Juan D'ArienzoArmando Laborde1949
  2. Alfredo De AngelisCarlos Dante1949

Versions of Santa madrecita recorded 1949

Santa madrecita is a tango.

Santa madrecita was composed by Héctor Varela.

The lyrics of Santa madrecita are by Carlos Waiss.

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

2 orchestras recorded it

0 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Juan D'Arienzo, Hector Varela
Words
Carlos Waiss
Written
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First played
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Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Lyrics

Every version

Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone

The catalogue holds 2 recordings of this song by 2 orchestras, 1949 to 1949.
1940
Recordings of Santa madrecita by year, taller the more they are danced · 2 of 2 recordings carry a year · read Nov 2, 2026

One recording

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

Alfredo De Angelis

Santa madrecitaAlfredo De AngelisCarlos DantetangoOdeon

No couple filmed dancing this recording yet

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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 catalogues3

TodoTango · tema/2529

tango.info · T0370064713

MusicBrainz · 60a33c9a-2b66-4f63-b9cf-fe19b131d249source

Is a1

Is a Tango

Composer1

Composed by Héctor Varela

Lyricist1

Lyrics by Carlos Waiss

Listen

  1. Santa madrecitaJuan D'ArienzoArmando LabordetangoRCA Victor
  2. Santa madrecitaAlfredo De AngelisCarlos DantetangoOdeon

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