 His greatest fame came from the género chico, especially "La verbena de la Paloma" (1894), one of the most famous zarzuelas of the Spanish repertoire, the most spectacular works view in Buenos Aires, although he later composed many others which were not as successful.On the other hand, he wrote symphonic music with a singular insistence, at a time in which in Spain, orchestral ensembles barely existed.He composed and conducted numerous works for the Sociedad de Conciertos, of which he was chief conductor from 1885 to 1890.