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TangoTubeThursday, 16 October 2025The day in tango

Today in tango

5anniversaries24Recordings made on this day7still performed25Performances filmed on this day, in 2 cities187,386Videos indexed
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Today · Died 16 October 1967

Pedro Maffia dies

Bandoneonist of the De Caro sextet who gave the tango bandoneon a quiet, inward, phrased voice.

Pedro Maffia
Recordings made on this day
24
Still performed
7
Performances filmed
25
Cities
2

How TangoTube knows: Pedro Maffia's Record in the Archive, published after review.

Today in the studio

24 Recordings were made on a 16 October. 7 are still performed.

The most performed is Se va la vida by Edgardo DONATO, 1950, with 19 Dances. 17 have no Dances matched yet: the Waiting to be danced list is a place to start listening, and to help name what was danced.

1925193019351940194519501955196019651970197519801985Solo de bandoneónEncuentroEach circle is a Recording, sized by Dances; hollow ones have no Dances matched yet
Still performed
  • Se va la vidaEdgardo DONATO · Carlos Almada19
  • Solo de bandoneónOsvaldo FRESEDO · Héctor Pacheco12
  • EncuentroRicardo MALERBA · Antonio Maida2
  • Patotero sentimentalOsvaldo FRESEDO · Héctor Pacheco2
  • Una copa masRicardo MALERBA · Antonio Maida1
  • FugitivaOsvaldo FRESEDO · Héctor Pacheco1
  • Toda mi vidaOsvaldo PUGLIESE1
Waiting to be danced
  • Copandono Dances yetFrancisco CANARO · Charlo · 16 October 19290
  • Desilusiónno Dances yetFrancisco CANARO · 16 October 19290
  • Porque me dejasteno Dances yetFrancisco CANARO · 16 October 19290
  • Amor es amarno Dances yetFrancisco CANARO · Ernesto Famá, Lidia Desmond · 16 October 19330
  • Es mejorno Dances yetFrancisco CANARO · Juan Carlos Rolon · 16 October 19560
  • Mi promesano Dances yetFrancisco CANARO · Guillermo Rico, Juan Carlos Rolon · 16 October 19560
  • Che quijoteno Dances yetJuan D'ARIENZO · Armando Laborde · 16 October 19710

How TangoTube knows: every Recording's date comes from El Recodo's sheet and our own sources; every Dance is a filmed Performance matched to it.

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