A vihuelist who is known today only by his reputation, mentioned twice in writings of Cristóbal de Villalón. In his Ingeniosa comparación entre lo antiguo y lo presente (Valladolid, 1539), he is described among vihuelists currently alive as “a native of Salamanca, and admirable in the composition of this music” (pujol1949, 13 nota 7, and reyp1997: “Agora bive Torres Barroso, natural de Salamanca, admirable en la composición desta música” In the same sentence he is mentioned with Luis Guzmán and Francesco da Milano. Pujol and Ward took this information from notes collected by Barbieri originally collected by Pascual de Gayangos. Rey later established their original source. Rey (reyp1997) reports that he is mentioned again by Villalón in his unpublished mid-century manuscript El Crotalón, (c. 1552?) as one of the most distinguished vihuelists of his time: “…y después de haber oido a aquellos dos tan señalados músicos en la vihuela, Torres, Narváez y Macotera, tan nombrados en España…” [and after having heard two of the most distinguished musicians of the vihuela, Tiorres, Narváez, Macotera, so renowned in Spain].