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Francisco Canaro

1888 - 1964

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Francisco Canaro, also known by the nickname Pirincho, (November 26, 1888 – December 14, 1964) was a Uruguayan violinist and tango orchestra leader. Canaro was born in San José de Mayo, Uruguay, in 1888. His parents were Italian immigrants, and later, when he was less than 10 years old, they emigrated to Buenos Aires, Argentina in the late nineteenth century. As a young man he found work in a factory, where an empty oil can, in his skilled hands, became his first violin. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Francisco Canaro is the 814th most popular musician (down from 757th in 2019), the 72nd most popular biography from Uruguay and the most popular Uruguayan Musician.

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Francisco Canaro ranks 814 out of 3,175. Before him are Giovanni Maria Bononcini, Charly García, Evgeny Kissin, Bob Sinclar, Trickster, and Joe Pass. After him are Lazar Berman, Chucho Valdés, Clara Rockmore, Paul van Dyk, Daron Malakian, and Diplo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1888, Francisco Canaro ranks 124. Before him are Josef Beran, Hans Graf von Sponeck, Friedrich Wolf, Sigfried Giedion, Joachim Lemelsen, and Árpád Szakasits. After him are Viktor Kingissepp, Bruce Fraser, 1st Baron Fraser of North Cape, Anna Q. Nilsson, Chana Orloff, Manuel Gonçalves Cerejeira, and Walther Kossel. Among people deceased in 1964, Francisco Canaro ranks 91. Before him are Khawaja Nazimuddin, Joseph Marx, Gustav-Adolf von Zangen, T. H. White, Carel Godin de Beaufort, and Dmitry Dmitrievich Maksutov. After him are Pietro Serantoni, Olga Desmond, Hermann Barrelet, Sofoklis Venizelos, Otto Ciliax, and Guillermo Subiabre.

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In Uruguay

Among people born in Uruguay, Francisco Canaro ranks 72 out of 444. Before him are Víctor Rodríguez Andrade (1927), Carlos Romero (1927), Eusebio Tejera (1922), Miguel Capuccini (1904), Cristina Peri Rossi (1941), and Emilio Recoba (1904). After him are Aníbal Paz (1917), Gustavo Rojo (1923), Rafael Addiego Bruno (1923), Matías González (1925), Alberto Demicheli (1896), and Gabriel Antonio Pereira (1794).

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Among MUSICIANS In Uruguay

Among musicians born in Uruguay, Francisco Canaro ranks 1. After him are Gerardo Matos Rodríguez (1897), and Daniel Viglietti (1939).

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