Pixinguinha

🎬 Actor

Born

23 April 1897 (128)

Place of Birth

Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Also known as

Alfredo da Rocha Vianna Filho

Biography

Alfredo da Rocha Viana Filho, known as Pixinguinha (April 23, 1897 – February 17, 1973) was a Brazilian composer, arranger, flautist and saxophonist born in Rio de Janeiro. Pixinguinha composed popular music, particularly within the genre known as choro. Description above taken from Wikipedia, licensed under Creative Commons.