Roberto Firpo (May 10, 1884 - June 14, 1969) was an Tango Pianist, composer and leader.
Firpo was born in Las Flores district of Buenos Aires where his father owned a grocery store. Firpo left school at 15 to work with his father and then several other companies, he eventually saved 200 Pesos to buy his first piano.
Around 1903 he began to have lessons with one of the greats of the period, Alfredo Bevilacqua. In 1907 he began composing and performing.
During his career Firpo played in most of the famous Buenos Aires tango venues such as the Armenonville, El tambito, Palais de Glace, Bar Iglesias, LAbbaye, Teatro Buenos Aires, Teatro Nacional, Salón San Martín and Colonia Italiana.
In 1930 he gave up his tango career for a short while to try his hand at cattle ranching, but he was forced to return to tango after floods decimated his stock and he lost the rest of his fortune on the stock market.
Firpo retired in 1959 and died on June 14 1969.
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ROBERTO FIRPO - CARLOS VARELA - BAJO LOS PUENTES DE PARIS - VALS
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LA CUMPARSITA A 90 ANNI - È PROPRIO VERO CHE LA MUSICA NON HA ETÀ! (MATOS RODRÍGUEZ, URUGUAY 🇺🇾 )
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Fuegos Artificiales
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L’assedio di Gerusalemme. L’epica vittoria della guerra giudaica
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Plata falsa - Orq. Roberto Firpo canta Luis Díaz (12-8-1929)
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ROBERTO FIRPO - CARLOS VARELA - ARREPENTIDO - TANGO
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Mariano Mores -- Gricel, Tango Fantasía ()
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La Cumparsita (Gerardo Matos 1917) by Naudo
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Roberto Firpo - El Lioron, /Станислав Фурсов и Екатерина Симонова, 3/5
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Alexander et Sandra, le 1 juillet 2012, (1 de 3). “El amanecer“ (tango).
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La cucaracha - Orq. Roberto Firpo canta Carlos Varela (1934-10-19)
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LA CUMPARSITA - Tango’s Most Famous Song ♫ ♫ ♫ ♫ ♫ ♫ ♫ ♫ ♫ ♫ ♫ ♫ ♫ ♫
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ORQUESTA TÍPICA JUAN D’ARIENZO - LA CUMPARSITA - 1943 - TANGO
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Первая скрипка Хулио де Каро // Экскурс в Аргентинское танго
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La yumba - Osvaldo Pugliese - Instrumental (1952)
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Ariel Ramírez, Lagrimas y sonrisas, Valses criollos
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Ariel Ramírez, Olga, Valses criollos
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Sin Rumbo Fijo - Orchestra Tipica Victor canta Ángel Vargas (18-04-1938)
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Barreras de amor - Roberto Firpo c. Carlos Varela (1936)
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EL TOTO - ROBERTO FIRPO - 1944 - TANGO MILONGA STRUMENTALE