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Gerardo Hernn Matos Rodrguez Montevideo, Uruguay, also known as Becho, was a Uruguayan musician, composer and journalist.

Gerardo Hernn Matos Rodrguez was born in Montevideo, the son of the owner of the Moulin Rouge, a popular local cabaret. He studied architecture, but did not complete the course. He began composing as a young student in 1917, and his first known work, La Cumparsita, which he wrote on the piano of the Federacin de Estudiantes of Uruguay . It became one of the most recognizable tango pieces, though ironically, Matos was initially too shy to play the piece himself, and it became wellknown through the performance of others.

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