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Taconeando

Music by Pedro Maffia, lyrics by José Horacio Staffolani. 9 recordings in our catalogue, 1931–2002.
1931: 1 · danced 0 times1942: 1 · danced 0 times1947: 1 · danced 1 times1956: 1 · danced 0 times1957: 1 · danced 0 times1970: 1 · danced 0 times1996: 1 · danced 0 times2000: 1 · danced 0 times2002: 1 · danced 0 times
1931’40’50’60’70’80’902002
records madedanced on film, by the record’s year· our catalogue

1931: 1, 0; 1942: 1, 0; 1947: 1, 1; 1956: 1, 0; 1957: 1, 0; 1970: 1, 0; 1996: 1, 0; 2000: 1, 0; 2002: 1, 0

  1. Astor Piazzolla recorded it in 1947 and 1957. One other orchestra recorded it more than once.

    How we know

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

Taconeando was composed by Pedro Maffia.

Taconeando is a tango.

Taconeando was published in 1930.

The lyrics of Taconeando are by José Horacio Staffolani.

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Credit

Music
Pedro Maffia
Lyrics
José Horacio Staffolani

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Every recording

9 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 20 more we know of

1930’40’50’60’70’80’90’00

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

  1. Osvaldo PugliesePhilips · May 1
    Not danced on film yet
    1970
  2. Pedro LaurenzJuan Carlos Casas · RCA Victor · Jun 16
    Not danced on film yet
    1942
  3. Francisco CanaroEarliest we holdCharlo · Odeon · Oct 9
    Not danced on film yet
    1931
  4. Astor PiazzollaMost dancedOct 23
    1 dance
    1947
  5. Astor Piazzolla
    Not danced on film yet
    1957
  6. Color Tango (Roberto Alvarez)
    Not danced on film yet
    1996
  7. Orquesta El ArranqueSep 1
    Not danced on film yet
    2000
  8. Orquesta El ArranqueOct 30
    Not danced on film yet
    2002
  9. Carlos FigariInstrumental · Aug 16
    Not danced on film yet
    1956
  10. Tani ZerjaNot in our catalogue1931
  11. Minotti Di CiccoNot in our catalogueJorge Omar1931
  12. Alberto CastellanoNot in our catalogueTania1931
  13. Pedro MaffiaNot in our catalogueFrancisco Fiorentino · Jun 171931
  14. Ariel PederneraNot in our catalogueDec 191951
  15. Anselmo A. AietaNot in our catalogue1953
  16. Domingo MarafiotiNot in our catalogueMay 41954
  17. Cuarteto Troilo-GrelaNot in our catalogue1955
  18. Astor PiazzollaNot in our catalogue1956
  19. Octeto Buenos AiresNot in our catalogue1956
  20. Osvaldo FresedoNot in our catalogueSep 141961

Danced to it

Music from 1931–2002 · danced on film 2019

Theodore Georgedakis & Ioanna Papachristou2019 · 3:25
Data: recordings, facts and sources

Composer1

Composed by Pedro Maffia

Supported · 2

In other catalogues4

TodoTango · tema/680

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tango.info · T0370027932

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Wikidata · Q1799311source

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MusicBrainz · d4d33a17-69f0-3ed6-90da-d3f3652b9c9asource

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Is a1

Is a Tango

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Published1

Published 1930

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Lyricist1

Lyrics by José Horacio Staffolani

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Notes1

Taconeando is a Pedro Maffia composition from the 1930s; Maffia and Laurenz were friends and colleagues in Julio De Caro's orchestra in the mid-1920s.

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Listen

  1. TaconeandoFrancisco Canaro · Charlo · no clip yet1931
  2. TaconeandoPedro Laurenz · Juan Carlos Casas1942
  3. TaconeandoAstor Piazzolla · no clip yet1947
  4. TaconeandoCarlos Figari · no clip yet1956
  5. TaconeandoAstor Piazzolla · no clip yet1957
  6. TaconeandoOsvaldo Pugliese · no clip yet1970
  7. TaconeandoColor Tango (Roberto Alvarez) · no clip yet1996
  8. TaconeandoOrquesta El Arranque · no clip yet2000
  9. TaconeandoOrquesta El Arranque · no clip yet2002

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