Isaac Albéniz

Isaac Manuel Francisco Albéniz y Pascual (; 29 May 1860 – 18 May 1909) was a Spanish virtuoso pianist, composer, and conductor. He is one of the foremost composers of the post-romantic era who also had a significant influence on his contemporaries and younger composers. He is best known for his piano works that incorporate Spanish folk music idioms and elements. His compositions, particularly those in his suite ''Iberia'' (1905–1908), are considered masterpieces and have influenced both classical music and Spanish nationalism in music. Isaac Albéniz was close to the Generation of '98.

Transcriptions of many of his pieces, such as ''Asturias (Leyenda)'', ''Granada'', ''Sevilla'', ''Cadiz'', ''Córdoba'', ''Cataluña'', ''Mallorca'', and Tango in D, are important pieces for classical guitar, though he never composed for the guitar.

Some of Albéniz's personal papers are held in the Library of Catalonia. Provided by Wikipedia