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Valdir Azevedo or Waldir Azevedo (January 23, 1923 in
Valdir Azevedo or Waldir Azevedo (January 23, 1923 in Rio de Janeiro
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– September 21, 1980 in São Paulo
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) was a choro
''Choro'' (, "cry" or "lament"), also popularly called ''chorinho'' ("little cry" or "little lament"), is an instrumental Brazilian popular music genre which originated in 19th century Rio de Janeiro. Despite its name, the music often has a ...
composer, conductor and performer, considered to be the most successful musician of this genre.
Azevedo was born in Rio de Janeiro
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, Brazil. He played flute starting from the age of seven, and later switched to mandolin and to the cavaquinho
The cavaquinho (pronounced in Portuguese) is a small Portuguese string instrument in the European guitar family, with four wires or gut strings.
More broadly, ''cavaquinho'' is the name of a four-stringed subdivision of the lute family of instr ...
. He first performed in public in 1933 at the Carnival, playing flute.
He wrote 130 compositions during his lifetime, including the world-famous " Brasileirinho" and " Delicado", which was He is considered by many to be the first Brazilian cavaquinho shredder ever. One of his compositions, " Delicado," is a Latin American dance that has been arranged for piano.
He died in São Paulo
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, aged 57.
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*allmusic profile
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* 1923 births 1980 deaths Choro musicians Musicians from Rio de Janeiro (city) 20th-century composers {{Brazil-composer-stub