Roberto Firpo was born on May 10, 1884 in Las flora in the province from Buenos Aires.

Very early, it earns its living with multiples "odd jobs"; at the same time, it learns only the violin and later the piano. Thanks to the meeting with Juan Deambroggio says "Bachicha", it takes courses of music with maestro Alfredo Bevilacqua;

Around 19 years it found its way, being able to reject a life which it exécrait. At the beginning of the twentieth century, it starts a career of pianist of dance hall. Its style is déjà-là: a clear and light rhythmic base with the stressings deliberated without useless effects with a constant attention with the melody as its major works attest it which are "Alma of bohemio, Of will pura cepa, El apronte, El amanacer".

In 1913, it gains the contest organized by the cabaret, Armenonville, of which he becomes the appointed leader. A few days later, it melts a trio with the violonist Tito Rocatagliatta and the bandoneonist, Eduardo Arolas. The piano had just made its entry in the tango, the port of smoking was going soon to follow.

Its best orchestral work surely dates from the years 1926-1935 thanks also to the musicians of talents which cross his orchestra the such pianist Osvaldo Pugliese,the violonists, Antonio Rossi and Cayetano Puglisi, the bandoneonists,Osvaldo Fresedo and Pedro Maffia and the double bass player, Leopoldo Thomson which invented a series of effects that the typical orchestras adopted of start, such as Canyengue which consisted in striking bow and dish of the hand the cords of the instrument.

It will occur and record with its four-bit byte during more than 20 years of which it is necessary to quote the names of the bandoneonist Juan Cambareri and the violonists Grgorio Bongioni and Orlando Perri.

Its work is mainly instrumental. It composed of the tangos, waltz and milongas always played today and whose rhythmic constancy make the joy of the dancers of today.

It dies out after a rich person musical life on June 14, 1969