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Un momento

Music by Héctor Stamponi, lyrics by Homero Expósito. 4 recordings in our catalogue, 1951–1969.
1951: 1 · danced 36 times1952: 1 · danced 0 times1953: 1 · danced 0 times1969: 1 · danced 0 times
1951’601969
records madedanced on film, by the record’s year· our catalogue

1951: 1, 36; 1952: 1, 0; 1953: 1, 0; 1969: 1, 0

Un momento was composed by Héctor Stamponi and Enrique Francini.†† The lyrics of Un momento are by Homero Expósito.† Un momento: The lyric of Un momento (a man saying he wants something lasting, not 'the same old story, to live a moment and then die') is called one of the most beautiful and important in tango; it shows a maturing of the Argentine man.†

Credit

Music
Héctor Stamponi
Lyrics
Homero Expósito

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Every recording

4 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 2 more we know of

1950’60

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

  1. Carlos Di SarliOscar Serpa · Music Hall · Apr 8
    Not danced on film yet
    1952
  2. Aníbal TroiloEarliest we holdMost dancedRaúl Berón · TK
    36 dances
    1951
  3. Armando PontierRoberto Goyeneche · Sep 17
    Not danced on film yet
    1969
  4. Horacio SalganRoberto Goyeneche · RCA Victor · May 20
    Not danced on film yet
    1953
  5. Armando PontierNot in our catalogueRoberto Goyeneche · Sep 171968
  6. Domingo FedericoNot in our catalogue1975

Danced to it

Music from 1951–1969 · danced on film 2011–2026

20112026
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2011: 1, 2013: 2, 2014: 2, 2015: 3, 2016: 2, 2017: 1, 2018: 5, 2019: 1, 2023: 5, 2024: 2, 2025: 1, 2026: 3

Cristhian Sosa & Sabrina GarciaWorld Champion · Tango Escenario 2012Floreal Milonga · 2011 · 3:37

Through the decades

  1. The 2010sCristhian Sosa & Sabrina GarciaFloreal Milonga · 2011
  2. The 2020sGianpiero Galdi & Lorena Tarantino2026

Where it is danced

The places our videos show it danced, by performances filmed there.

  1. Cátulo TangoBalvanera
    2 performances
  2. Espacio Riobamba (Club Castel)Balvanera
    2 performances
  3. Club Social y Deportivo Fulgor de Villa CrespoVilla Crespo
    1 performance
  4. La Viruta (Centro Armenio)Palermo
    1 performance

What we don't know yet3 of 4 known

The year it was written.

Data: recordings, facts and sources

Composer2

Composed by Héctor Stamponi

Sources disagree · 2

Composed by Enrique Francini

Sources disagree

In other catalogues2

tango.info · T0370043596

Single source

TodoTango · tema/7824

Single source

Lyricist1

Lyrics by Homero Expósito

Single source

Notes1

The lyric of Un momento (a man saying he wants something lasting, not 'the same old story, to live a moment and then die') is called one of the most beautiful and important in tango; it shows a maturing of the Argentine man.

Single source

Listen

  1. Un momentoAníbal Troilo · Raúl Berón1951
  2. Un momentoCarlos Di Sarli · Oscar Serpa1952
  3. Un momentoHoracio Salgan · Roberto Goyeneche1953
  4. Un momentoArmando Pontier · Roberto Goyeneche · no clip yet1969

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