oday he is a perfect stranger. We neither have any data about his origins nor those connected with his life and career. The only thing we can do about this musician is mentioning some of his tangos that we know through the sheet music copies: "Don Ciriaco", "El narigón", "El rana", "El Tano Nicola", "El tenorio", "La lata", "Ni pa’ fósforos", "Qué rico tipo", "¡Vení, china!".