Between 1836 and 1875 he composed several individual waltzes and polkas, and suites of dances. His score is a collection of derivative polkas, waltzes and rondos. Imported dances were popular, especially rumbas, waltzes and Argentine-derived tangos. In France, another dance-music composer, Emile Waldteufel, wrote polkas in addition to waltzes. Juan Arvizu is credited with several single recordings of boleros, aires, tangos, waltzes and milongas. Most of his musical composition relate to dance such as waltzes, marches, foxtrots and tangos. This immigration led to the popularization of galops, schottisches, waltzes, and, especially, polkas. Many of these are derived from waltzes and polkas because of the state's mining history. Traditional dances include waltzes, reels, strathspeys and jigs. Furnishing music replaces "waltzes" and "operatic fantasias" etc. The band has modernized the music, infusing it with bolero, cumbia, rock rhythms, and waltzes. She created and interpreted a vast number of Criollo waltzes with Afro-Peruvian rhythms. There are thirty-six compositions that are of interest to students of the Chopin waltzes. Her mother was a composer who authored many famous creole waltzes. Chopin also gave the title "" to the next three waltzes in the Op.