Pixinguinha

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Personal Info

Known for

Acting

From

Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Born

4/23/1897

Age

128

Credit(s)

10

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.