Francisco Tárrega

Legend has it that the piece Adelita owes its name to Adela Aymerich, the allegedly illegitimate daughter of the King of Spain Alfonso XII. For Adelita, it seems that Tárrega seeks the inspiration in the kujawiak, a slow Polish folk dance by following the ideas of the stylized mazurka conceived by Chopin.

Legend has it that "Una Lágrima (A Teardrop)" is Tarrega’s reaction to the death of his daughter “Conchita”. Returning home from a concert tour in Mallorca, Spain in December of 1891, Tarrega’s wife, Maria José Rizo, informed him that Conchita had passed on three days earlier.