Of this author we only know the facts given by Domingo Prat in his Diccionario. In 1887, he studied violin at the National Conservatory when it was under the direction Juan Gutierrez. He used to frequent the meeting places of the musicians of the time. His contact with the payador a wandering minstrel) Gabino Gardizabal excited him and inspired him to become a self-taught guitarist. Even in his youth, Quijano already worked as a teacher in private conservatories and in the homes of Buenos Aires high society. Prat comments that several of his works were most popular, among them this tango, describing his work as simple but rich in themes. He attributes the composer's popularity to the fact that people thought he was dead for twenty years. We do not know what motivated this belief.
(Analía Rego, Introduction “More Tangos Milongas Habaneras”, Editions Orphée, 2005)