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Un crimen

Music by Luis Rubistein, lyrics by Luis Rubistein. 2 recordings in our catalogue, 1942–1942.

Who recorded it

Every version2

Earliest we hold: Ricardo Tanturi, 1942

  1. Miguel CalóRaúl Berón1942
  2. Ricardo TanturiAlberto Castillo1942

Versions of Un crimen recorded 1942

Un crimen was composed by Luis Rubistein.†† The lyrics of Un crimen are by Luis Rubistein.†

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

2 orchestras recorded it

16 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Luis Rubistein
Words
Luis Rubistein
Written
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Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Lyrics

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Mi drama, señor juez, es esta historia Que puede comenzar por el final, Ya sé que en lo grotesco de mi gloria No es fácil parecer sentimental. La vida que le di, fue una tortura Y su alma soportó mi frenesí, Mis celos terminaron en locura Y en medio de un infierno, me perdí. Y vi neblina en sus ojos Cuando mis dedos de acero, En su cuello de nácar Bordaron un collar. Rodó besando mis manos Y apenas pudo gritar, Su voz se ahogó sin reproche Y así mansamente, tuvo fin su noche. Tengo su angustia en mis ojos Y no la puedo arrancar. Yo quiero, señor juez, con esta historia De un crimen tan perverso y tan brutal, Que no haya ni una marca en su memoria Que sepan que era buena y le hice mal...

English · machine translation

My drama, Your Honor, is this story That can begin at the end, I know that in the grotesqueness of my glory It is not easy to appear sentimental. The life I gave him, was a torture And her soul endured my frenzy, My jealousy ended in madness And in the midst of hell, I lost myself. And I saw mist in her eyes When my fingers of steel, On her mother-of-pearl neck Embroidered a necklace. She rolled kissing my hands And she could hardly cry out, Her voice was drowned out without reproach. And so meekly, her night ended. I have her anguish in my eyes And I can't tear it away. I want, your honor, with this story Of a crime so wicked and so brutal, That there be not a mark on her memory That they may know that she was good and I did her wrong...

Every version

Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone

The catalogue holds 2 recordings of this song by 2 orchestras, 1942 to 1942.
1940
Recordings of Un crimen by year, taller the more they are danced · 2 of 2 recordings carry a year · read Nov 2, 2026

2 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube

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  1. Miguel CalóMost dancedUn crimenMiguel CalóRaúl BeróntangoOdeon
    16 dances
    1942
  2. Ricardo TanturiEarliest we holdUn crimenRicardo TanturiAlberto CastillotangoRCA Victor
    No match yet
    1942
All recordings of Un crimen

One recording

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

Miguel Caló

Un crimenMiguel CalóRaúl BeróntangoOdeon

Couples filmed dancing this recording · 16 Performances

Danced to it

Music from 1942 · danced on film 2011–2024

20112024
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2011: 1, 2013: 1, 2016: 1, 2017: 1, 2023: 2, 2024: 4

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.

2 of 2 complete sets on film

  1. Facundo de la Cruz and Paola Sanz

    In upload order: nobody has said the order danced

    1. 1Un crimenMiguel Caló, 1942
    2. 2ArgañarazRicardo Tanturi, 1940
    3. 3Color cieloJuan D'Arienzo, 1944
    4. 4Por la huellaRodolfo Biagi, 1948
    Watch it on TangoTube
  2. Csongor Kicsi and Silvia Spǎtaru

    2024 · In the order danced: the video titles number them

    1. 1Un crimenMiguel Caló, 1942
    2. 2AdoraciónRodolfo Biagi, 1951
    3. 3FueyeAníbal Troilo, 1971
    Watch it on TangoTube

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What we don't know yet3 of 4 known

The year it was written.

Data: recordings, facts and sources

Composer1

Composed by Luis Rubistein

In other catalogues2

tango.info · T0370188923

TodoTango · tema/4669

Lyricist1

Lyrics by Luis Rubistein

Listen

  1. Un crimenRicardo TanturiAlberto CastillotangoRCA Victor
  2. Un crimenMiguel CalóRaúl BeróntangoOdeon

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