Pixinguinha
personal-info
known-for
Acting
gender
Male
birthday
1897-04-23
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.