10 Facts About Francisco Canaro

Francisco Canaro was a Uruguayan violinist and tango orchestra leader.

Francisco Canaro was born in San Jose de Mayo, Uruguay, in 1888.

Francisco Canaro's 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.

Francisco Canaro composed the music for the 1915 Argentine classic film Nobleza gaucha.

Francisco Canaro later was romantically attached to Argentine actress and tango vocalist Ada Falcon, but the relationship, which began in the early 1920s, grew apart a decade later.

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In 1920 Francisco Canaro discovered Azucena Maizani, who rapidly developed into a major tango star.

Francisco Canaro was active in the cause of intellectual property rights from 1918 onwards, and was instrumental in the establishment of the Argentine Society of Composers and Songwriters, in 1935, purchasing the downtown Buenos Aires lot where its headquarters were built.

Francisco Canaro performed in Paris with his orchestra in 1925, and a success among local audiences, he remained in Europe for a decade.

Francisco Canaro's orchestra became a fixture on Argentine radio during the 1940s and early 1950s, though for many contemporary dancers and listeners, his early golden age recordings remained the best in their genre.

Francisco Canaro authored his memoirs, Mis 50 anos con el tango in 1956, but later developed Paget's disease, and was forced to retire.