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Song

Un libro

Music by Osvaldo Donato. 1 recordings in our catalogue, 1941–1941.

Who recorded it

Every version1

Earliest we hold: Edgardo Donato, 1941

  1. Edgardo DonatoHoracio Lagos1941

Versions of Un libro recorded 1941

Un libro was composed by Osvaldo Donato.†

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

1 orchestra recorded it

5 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Osvaldo Donato
Words
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Written
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First played
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Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Lyrics

Read the lyrics on Edgardo Donato’s 1941 recording in TangoCloud

Every version

Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone

The catalogue holds 1 recordings of this song by 1 orchestras, 1941 to 1941.

1 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube

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  1. Edgardo DonatoEarliest we holdMost dancedUn libroEdgardo DonatoHoracio LagostangoRCA Victor
    5 dances
    1941
All recordings of Un libro

One recording

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

Edgardo Donato

Un libroEdgardo DonatoHoracio LagostangoRCA Victor
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Couples filmed dancing this recording · 6 Performances

Gustavo Naveira & Giselle Anne2015 · 11:58

Danced to it

Music from 1941 · danced on film 2009–2023

20092023
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2009: 1, 2011: 1, 2012: 1, 2015: 1, 2018: 1, 2023: 1

Through the decades

  1. The 2000sOscar Mandagaran & Georgina Vargas2009
  2. The 2010sGustavo Naveira & Giselle Anne2015
  3. The 2020sOscar Mandagaran & Georgina Vargas2023

In their words

  • Pero abriste un libro que tiene, no me acuerdo cómo se llama, es un libro bastante importante, y adentro del libro de la danza hay una foto suya, dos fotos suyas

    Silvia Carlino · Entrevista a Sergio Cortazzo y Silvia Carlino

    open at 5:43
  • Así que creo que no publicaría un libro, no escribiría un libro, porque todavía no está todo hecho en el tango como para escribir lo que hay que escribir.

    Chicho Frúmboli · 12ª NIGHT FEVER – ENTREVISTA A CHICHO FRUMBOLI

    open at 52:11

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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 · T0370129864

Composer1

Composed by Osvaldo Donato

Listen

  1. Un libroEdgardo DonatoHoracio LagostangoRCA Victor

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