Alfredo da Rocha Vianna Filho, better known as Pixinguinha (1898-1973) was a Chorocomposer, arranger, flutist and saxophonist born in Rio de Janeiro. Through the legacy of the pioneering choro composers of the 19th century and of the Afro-Brazilian tradition, Pixinguinha produced the most important choro works of all time. Edifying the choro as a musical genre, he conferred on it personality and identity. Some of his notable compositions include Carinhoso and 1 X 0 (Um a Zero). Choro, also called chorinho, is a Brazilian popular music style. ... A composer is a person who writes music. ... In popular music an arrangement is a setting of a piece of music, which may have been composed by the arranger or by someone else. ... A flutist demonstrates flute-playing technique A flutist or flautist is a musician who plays the flute. ... A saxophonist is a musician who plays the saxophone. ... Ipanema beach, in the South Zone, immortalised by Tom Jobim and Vinicius de Morais song The Girl from Ipanema Rio de Janeiro (meaning River of January in Portuguese), pron. ... Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. ... Musical genres are categories which contain music which share a certain style or which have certain elements in common. ...
The orchestrations of Pixinguinha were the vital element for the RCA Victor recordings by Francisco Alves, Mário Reis, Sílvio Caldas, Orlando Silva, and Carmen Miranda during the 1930s.
Pixinguinha, at the same time, suffered his fourth heart attack and was also hospitalized.
Pixinguinha would dress up, and take the roses to Beti, and pretend that he was there visiting her.
Pixinguinha led a number of different musical ensembles and was musical director of the Companhia Negra de Revistas, a nationally acclaimed entirely fl variety show that presented popular arts, including instrumental music, singing, dance, comedy, and some theater.
Pixinguinha continued to compose until the end of his life, even writing a score of songs while recovering from a heart attack in 1964, paying tribute in compositions to the hospital’s cook, expressing his loneliness, and celebrating his discharge from the hospital.
Pixinguinha died February 17, 1973, in the church Nossa Senhora da Paz in Ipanema (Rio de Janeiro) as he awaited the baptism of a friend’s child prior to attending the parade of the Banda de Ipanema.
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