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Song

Tango milonguero

Music by Federico Scorticati. 3 recordings in our catalogue, 1940–1946.

Who recorded it

Every version3

Earliest we hold: Francisco Canaro, 1940

  1. Osvaldo Fresedo1946
  2. Francisco Canaro1940
  3. Típica Victor1940

Versions of Tango milonguero recorded 1940–1946

Tango milonguero was composed by Federico Scorticati.†

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

3 orchestras recorded it

4 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Federico Scorticati
Words
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Written
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Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Every version

Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone

The catalogue holds 3 recordings of this song by 3 orchestras, 1940 to 1946.
1940
Recordings of Tango milonguero by year, taller the more they are danced · 3 of 3 recordings carry a year · read Nov 2, 2026

3 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube

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. Osvaldo FresedoTango milongueroOsvaldo FresedotangoRCA Victor
    No match yet
    1946
  2. Francisco CanaroEarliest we holdMost dancedTango milongueroFrancisco CanaroinstrumentaltangoOdeon
    4 dances
    1940
  3. Típica VictorTango milongueroTípica VictorinstrumentaltangoRCA Victor
    No match yet
    1940
All recordings of Tango milonguero

One recording

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

Francisco Canaro

Tango milongueroFrancisco CanaroinstrumentaltangoOdeon
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Couples filmed dancing this recording · 4 Performances

Sebastián Arce & Mariana MontesMilonguero Nights · 2010 · 4:42

Danced to it

Music from 1940–1946 · danced on film 2007–2012

20072012
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2007: 1, 2010: 2, 2012: 1

Through the decades

  1. The 2000sPaolo Cioffi2007
  2. The 2010sSebastián Arce & Mariana MontesMilonguero Nights · 2010

In their words

  • El tango milonguero. Bueno, yo quiero que venga ella acá, con todos los bailarines internacionales del mundo, y que me diga a mí cuál es el tango milonguero.

    Tango milonguero. Well, I want her to come here, with all the international dancers in the world, and tell me which one is tango milonguero.Tangopedia translation

    Osvaldo Cartery · "OSVALDO Y COCA CARTERY... Tengo una pregunta para Ustedes" por Pepa Palazon 4/4

    open at 5:44
  • En realidad, esa etapa del tango milonguero terminó en el cuarenta y uno.

    Actually, that stage of tango milonguero ended in '41.Tangopedia translation

    Horacio Godoy "El Pebete" · HORACIO GODOY "EL PEBETE"... Tengo una pregunta para vos (por Pepa Palazon) -Video 03/03

    open at 26:32

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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 catalogues1

tango.info · T0370085156

Composer1

Composed by Federico Scorticati

Listen

  1. Tango milongueroFrancisco CanaroinstrumentaltangoOdeon
  2. Tango milongueroTípica VictorinstrumentaltangoRCA Victor
  3. Tango milongueroOsvaldo FresedotangoRCA Victor

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