Due to the influence of Argentinean friends like the musician Buchardo Alberto Lopez and the writer Ricardo Güiraldes he primarily performed tango music and wrote some tango compositions himself as well.
Ricardo Montaner | Ricardo Lagos | Ricardo Bofill | David Ricardo | Ricardo Tubbs | Ricardo Martinelli | Ricardo | Ricardo Piglia | Ricardo Arjona | Ricky Ricardo | Ricardo Villalobos | Ricardo Montalban | Ricardo Maduro | Ricardo Güiraldes | Ricardo Flores Magón | Ricardo Costa | Circuit Ricardo Tormo | Ricardo Tirloni | Ricardo plc | Ricardo Hausmann | Ricardo Darín | Ricardo Costa (filmmaker) | John Lewis Ricardo | Ricardo Ycaza | Ricardo Villagrán | Ricardo Villagran | Ricardo Teixeira | Ricardo Salinas Pliego | Ricardo Rincón | Ricardo Quaresma |
Later, he turned to Argentine nationalism, stimulated by gauchesco literature in the overture Don Segundo Sombra (1954) (after the novel by Ricardo Güiraldes), popular urban music in Tangos y milongas for piano (1948–59), rural folk music in Tres danzas populares, and historical themes in the Seventh Symphony, commemorating the Argentine Independence Revolution (Salgado 2001).
It has been declared city of historic national interest by the Argentine Government and is recognized for being the homeland of Don Segundo Sombra, the immortal character of the novel written by Ricardo Güiraldes.