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Song

Tierra querida

Music by Julio de Caro, lyrics by Luis Díaz. 16 recordings in our catalogue, 1927–2013.

Who recorded it

Every version16

Earliest we hold: Julio De Caro, 1927

  1. Osvaldo Pugliese1944
  2. Miguel Caló19451969
  3. Julio De Caro19271952
  4. José Basso1961
  5. Horacio Salgan19511963
  6. Astor Piazzolla1948

Versions of Tierra querida recorded 1927–2013

Tierra querida was composed by Julio De Caro.† The lyrics of Tierra querida are by Luis Díaz.†

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

12 orchestras recorded it

32 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Julio de Caro
Words
Luis Díaz
Written
not yet cited · help fill it
First played
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Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Lyrics

Read the lyrics on Osvaldo Pugliese’s 1944 recording in TangoCloud

Every version

Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone

The catalogue holds 16 recordings of this song by 12 orchestras, 1927 to 2013.
1920’30’40’50’60’70’80’90’00’10
Recordings of Tierra querida by year, taller the more they are danced · 16 of 16 recordings carry a year · read Nov 2, 2026

16 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 10 more we know of

a version people dance tono Dances matched yet: something to listen to

The leader is Osvaldo Pugliese, 1944, with 47% of the 32 filmed dances matched to a version of this song.

4 more dances name this song but not which version, so no share counts them. “No match yet” means no filmed dance is tied to that version so far, not that nobody dances it. Dances whose music we have not identified are left out.

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

  1. Osvaldo PuglieseMost dancedTierra queridaOsvaldo PuglieseinstrumentaltangoOdeon
    15 dances · 47%
    1944
  3. Astor PiazzollaTierra queridaAstor Piazzollainstrumentaltango
    2 dances · 6%
    1948
  5. Orquesta Típica Sans SouciTierra queridaOrquesta Típica Sans Soucitango
    2 dances · 6%
    2003
  6. Quinteto Los VirtuososTierra queridaQuinteto Los Virtuososinstrumentaltango
    No match yet
    1936
  7. Raúl KaplunTierra queridaRaúl Kapluntango
    No match yet
    1950
  9. José BassoTierra queridaJosé BassoinstrumentaltangoOdeon
    No match yet
    1961
  10. Baffa-BerlingieriTierra queridaBaffa-Berlingieritangorca camden
    No match yet
    1968
  12. Orquesta Escuela de TangoTierra queridaOrquesta Escuela de Tangotango
    No match yet
    2013
  13. Estrellas de Buenos AiresNot in our catalogueApr 61960
  14. Orquesta Típica Decareana, dir. Osvaldo RequenaNot in our catalogue1983
  15. Atilio StamponeNot in our catalogue
  16. Ernesto Baffa, Osvaldo BerlingieriNot in our catalogue
  17. Mariano MoresNot in our catalogue
  18. Osvaldo BerlingieriNot in our catalogue
  19. Trio PantangoNot in our catalogue
  20. Quinteto PirinchoNot in our catalogue
All recordings of Tierra querida

One recording

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

Osvaldo Pugliese

Tierra queridaOsvaldo PuglieseinstrumentaltangoOdeon
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Couples filmed dancing this recording · 18 Performances

Levan Gomelauri & Cecilia Acosta2020 · 3:39

Danced to it

Music from 1927–2013 · danced on film 2009–2024

20092024
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2009: 2, 2010: 2, 2011: 1, 2013: 2, 2014: 1, 2017: 1, 2018: 2, 2019: 1, 2020: 1, 2022: 1, 2023: 5, 2024: 3

Through the decades

  1. The 2000sOlga Leonova & Viacheslav Ivanov2009
  2. The 2010sTomás Howlin & Shorey Myers2011
  3. The 2020sLevan Gomelauri & Cecilia Acosta2020

Filmed sets

One Couple dancing three or four songs at one Occasion, every song known. What was danced on film, not what a DJ played.

3 of 3 complete sets on film

  1. Cecilia Acosta and Levan Gomelauri

    2020 · In upload order: nobody has said the order danced

    1. 1La naranja nacio verdeFrancisco Canaro, 1944
    2. 2Tierra queridaOsvaldo Pugliese, 1944
    3. 3El bulin de la calle AyacuchoAníbal Troilo, 1941
    4. 4Romance de barrioAníbal Troilo, 1947
    Watch it on TangoTube

  2. Olga Leonova and Slava Ivanov

    2010 · In upload order: nobody has said the order danced

    1. 1TrenzasFrancisco Canaro, 1945
    2. 2Tierra queridaJulio De Caro, 1952
    3. 3La brujaJuan D'Arienzo, 1959
    4. 4Tu pálida vozColor Tango (Roberto Alvarez), 2003
    Watch it on TangoTube

  3. Gianpiero Galdi and Lorena Tarantino

    2023 · In upload order: nobody has said the order danced

    1. 1Y dicen que no te quieroAníbal Troilo, 1947
    2. 2Meta fierroJuan D'Arienzo, 1939
    3. 3Tierra queridaOsvaldo Pugliese, 1944
    Watch it on TangoTube

In their words

  • Y de pronto Piazzolla marcó cuatro, y arrancaron, y se calló todo: tocaron "Tierra querida", de Julio De Caro, una cosa impresionante.

    And suddenly Piazzolla counted off four, and they started playing, and everything went quiet: they played "Tierra querida," by Julio De Caro, an amazing thing.Tangopedia translation

    Horacio Ferrer · HORACIO FERRER Tengo una pregunta para vos (por Pepa Palazón) with ENGLISH subtitles.

    open at 48:53

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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 catalogues2

tango.info · T0370028402

TodoTango · tema/1639

Composer1

Composed by Julio De Caro

Lyricist1

Lyrics by Luis Díaz

Listen

  1. Tierra queridaJulio De Carotango
  2. Tierra queridaQuinteto Los Virtuososinstrumentaltango
  3. Tierra queridaOsvaldo PuglieseinstrumentaltangoOdeon
  4. Tierra queridaMiguel CalóinstrumentaltangoOdeon
  5. Tierra queridaAstor Piazzollainstrumentaltango
  6. Tierra queridaRaúl Kapluntango
  7. Tierra queridaHoracio SalgantangoRCA Victor
  8. Tierra queridaJulio De Caroinstrumentaltango
  9. Tierra queridaJosé BassoinstrumentaltangoOdeon
  10. Tierra queridaHoracio SalgantangoPhilips
  11. Tierra queridaBaffa-Berlingieritangorca camden
  12. Tierra queridaMiguel CalóinstrumentaltangoOdeon

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