[2] Vitor Mateus Teixeira (Teixeirinha) was born in the city of Rolante, district of Mascaradas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil on March 3, 1927.

At the age of eighteen, he joined the Army, but did not get to serve and, on this occasion, he went to work at the DAER (Department of Highways), as a machine operator for six years.

From there he left to pursue an artistic career singing on radio stations in cities in the interior, such as Lajeado, Estrela, Rio Pardo, Santa Cruz do Sul and, in the latter, he met his wife Zoraida Lima Teixeira, whom he married in 1957.

According to the testimony of Dr. Biaggio Baccarin, the artistic director of the time and also a lawyer for the Chantecler Recording Company, the beginning of Teixeirinha's success is unforgettable.

[3] With the unexpected success, Teixeirinha returned to Passo Fundo and sold his Tiro ao Alvo stand, and moved to Porto Alegre.

He was an emeritus citizen of several municipalities in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, such as Passo Fundo, Santo Antônio da Patrulha, Rolante, and so on.

In 1970 he created his own production company Teixeirinha Produções Artísticas Ltda, for which he wrote, produced and distributed ten films.

Thanks to the artist's own zeal, his collection was easily assembled, as he carefully kept his manuscripts, as an example; the original of “Coração de Luto”, from 1959, to the compositions of his last work recorded, in July 1985, “Amor aos Passarinhos”, released in the last month of his life, December 1985.