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Viejo ciego

Music by Sebastián Piana, Cátulo Castillo, lyrics by Homero Manzi. 3 recordings in our catalogue, 1928–1946.

Who recorded it

Every version3

Earliest we hold: Francisco Canaro, 1928

  1. Ricardo TanturiRoberto Videla1946
  2. Francisco CanaroCharlo1928
  3. Francisco Fiorentino1946

Versions of Viejo ciego recorded 1928–1946

Viejo ciego was composed by Catulo Castillo and Sebastián Piana.† The lyrics of Viejo ciego are by Homero Manzi.†

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

3 orchestras recorded it

2 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Sebastián Piana, Cátulo Castillo
Words
Homero Manzi
Written
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First played
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Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Lyrics

Read the lyrics on Francisco Canaro’s 1928 recording in TangoCloud

Every version

Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone

The catalogue holds 3 recordings of this song by 3 orchestras, 1928 to 1946.
1920’30’40
Recordings of Viejo ciego 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 · 10 more we know of

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. Ricardo TanturiViejo ciegoRicardo TanturiRoberto VidelatangoRCA Victor
    No match yet
    1946
  2. Francisco CanaroEarliest we holdMost dancedViejo ciegoFrancisco CanaroCharlotangoOdeon
    1 dance
    1928
  3. Francisco FiorentinoViejo ciegoFrancisco Fiorentinosungtango
    1 dance
    1946
  4. Juan Félix MaglioNot in our catalogueDec 201926
  5. Alberto CastellanoNot in our catalogueTania1930
  6. -unspecified guitars-Not in our catalogueRoberto Maida1930
  7. -unspecified orchestra-Not in our catalogueNelly Omar1945
  8. Astor PiazzollaNot in our catalogueFrancisco Fiorentino · Jan 101946
  9. Gabriel ClausiNot in our catalogueChito Faró1947
  10. Jorge VidalNot in our catalogue
  11. Roberto GoyenecheNot in our catalogue
  12. Ángel DomínguezNot in our catalogueMiguel Montero
  13. Raúl Miguel GarelloNot in our catalogueRoberto Goyeneche
All recordings of Viejo ciego

One recording

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

Francisco Canaro

Viejo ciegoFrancisco CanaroCharlotangoOdeon
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Couples filmed dancing this recording · 1 Performance

Gaston Torelli & Mariana DragoneSeoul International Tango Festival · 2019 · 3:38

Danced to it

Music from 1928–1946 · danced on film 2019–2023

20192023
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2019: 1, 2023: 1

Through the decades

  1. The 2010sGaston Torelli & Mariana DragoneSeoul International Tango Festival · 2019
  2. The 2020sIvan Nabokin2023

In their words

  • Habían hecho todo el repertorio pensando en mí: Nostalgias, Viejo Ciego, muchos tangos, los tangos de ellos, El Mismo Dolor, que se lo dedicamos al hermano, porque

    They'd built their whole repertoire with me in mind: Nostalgias, Viejo Ciego, many tangos, their tangos, El Mismo Dolor, which we dedicated to their brother, becauseTangopedia translation

    Alberto Podestá · ALBERTO PODESTÁ: Tengo una pregunta para vos (por Pepa Palazón) with ENGLISH subtitles

    open at 1:11:08

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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 · T0370029869

TodoTango · tema/371

Composer2

Composed by Catulo Castillo

Composed by Sebastián Piana

Lyricist1

Lyrics by Homero Manzi

Listen

  1. Viejo ciegoFrancisco CanaroCharlotangoOdeon
  2. Viejo ciegoFrancisco Fiorentinosungtango
  3. Viejo ciegoRicardo TanturiRoberto VidelatangoRCA Victor

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