Isaac Manuel Francisco Albéniz y Pascual (; 29 May 186018 May 1909) was a
Spanish pianist and
composer best known for his
piano works based on
folk music idioms. Transcriptions of many of his pieces, such as
Asturias (Leyenda),
Granada, Sevilla, Cadiz, Cordoba,
Cataluña, and the
Tango in D, are important pieces for classical guitar, though he never composed for the guitar. The personal papers of Albéniz are preserved, among other institutions, in the
Biblioteca de Catalunya.