List of compositions by Francisco Tárrega

This is a list of compositions by Francisco Tárrega.

Main works

"Danza mora" sheet music compiled on Obras póstumas para guitarra (posthumous works for guitar)
  • Alborada [n 1]
  • ¡Adelita! (Mazurka)
  • Capricho árabe (Arabian Caprice)
  • Danza mora (Moorish Dance)
  • Gran jota Aragonesa (Grand jota) [n 2]
  • El columpio (The Swing)
  • María (Gavotte)
  • ¡Marieta! (Mazurka)
  • Rosita (Polka)
  • Gran vals (Grand Waltz, used in the Nokia tune)
  • Danza odalisca (Odalisque Dance)
  • Pavana (Pavane)
  • Paquito (Waltz)
  • Pepita (Pepita)
  • Vals en re (Waltz in D major)
  • Recuerdos de la Alhambra (Memories of the Alhambra) [n 3]
  • Mazurka en sol (Mazurka in G)
  • Sueño mazurka (Dream Mazurka, on a mazurka by Chopin)
  • Minueto (Minuet)
  • Isabel (Waltz on a theme by Johann Strauss II)
  • La cartagenera (The Cartagena)
  • Fantasía sobre motivos de "La Traviata" de Verdi (Fantasy on Motives of "La Traviata" by Verdi) [n 4]
  • Fantasía sobre motivos de "Marina" de Arrieta (Fantasy on Motives of "Marina" by Arrieta)
  • Serenata española (Spanish Serenade) [n 5]
  • El ratón (The Mouse)
  • Manchegas (Spanish Dance)
  • ¡Maria! Tango (Maria! Tango, possibly not composed by Tárrega)
  • La mariposa (The Butterfly)
  • Malagueña fácil (Easy Malagueña)
  • Estudio inspirado de Cramer (Study inspired by Cramer)
  • Las dos hermanitas (The Two Little Sisters) [n 6]
  • Variaciones sobre El Carnaval de Venecia de Paganini (Variations on Paganini's The Carnival of Venice)
  • Lágrima (Teardrop)
  • Endecha (Lament)
  • Oremus (Let us Pray)


  • Preludio en re (Prelude in D)
  • Preludio en mi (Prelude in E)
  • Preludio en la (Prelude in A)
  • Preludio en sol (Prelude in G)
  • Preludio en mi (Prelude in E)
  • Preludio en re (Prelude in D)
  • Preludio en sol (Prelude in G)
  • Preludio en la (Prelude in A)
  • Preludio en re (Prelude in D)
  • Preludio en la (Prelude in A)
  • Preludio en la (Prelude in A)
  • Preludio en si (Prelude in B)
  • Preludio en mi (Prelude in E)
  • Preludio en fa sostenido (Prelude in F-sharp)
  • Preludio en re (Prelude in D)
  • Preludio en la (Prelude in A)
  • Preludio en do (Prelude in C)
  • Preludio en mi (Prelude in E)
  • Preludio en la (Prelude in A)
  • Preludio en la (Prelude in A)
  • Preludio en la (Prelude in A)
  • Preludio en la menor sobre un fragmento de Schumann (Prelude in A minor after a Fragment by Schumann)
  • Preludio sobre un tema de Mendelssohn (Prelude on a Theme by Mendelsohn)
  • Preludio pentatonica (Pentatonic Prelude)


  • Estudio en forma de minueto (Study in the Form of a Minuet)
  • Estudio sobre un tema de Damas (Study on a Theme by Damas)
  • Estudio sobre un tema de Alard (Study on a Theme by Alard)
  • Estudio sobre un fragmento de Beethoven (Study on a Fragment by Beethoven)
  • Estudio sobre un fragmento de Mendelssohn (Study on a Fragment by Mendelssohn)
  • Sueño trémolo (Dream (Tremolo))
  • Estudio en sol (Study in G)
  • Estudio en la (Study in A)
  • Estudio en do (Study in C)
  • Estudio en mi (Study in E)
  • Estudio en la (Study in A)
  • Estudio sobre un fuga de Bach (Study on a Fugue by Bach)
  • Estudio sobre un tema de Verdi (Study over a Theme by Verdi)
  • Estudio brillante de Alard (Brillant Study by Alard) (an arrangement of this song was the main theme of PBS/South Carolina Educational Television program NatureScene with naturalist Rudy Mancke)
  • Estudio sobre un tema de Wagner (Study on a Theme by Wagner)
  • Estudio de arpegios (Arreggio Study)
  • Estudio sobre una sonatina de Prudend (Study on a Sonatina by Prudend)
  • Estudio de velocidad (Velocity Study)


  • Mazurka sobre un tema anónimo español para dos guitarras (Mazurka on an Anonymous Spanish Theme for Two Guitars)
Notes
  1. ^ The Little Music Box, also referred as "La cajita de música"
  2. ^ Introduction composed by Julián Arcas the variations were improvised by Tarrega (per Emilio Pujol in Cereva 1972) and a few were written down.
  3. ^ Originally named "Improvisación ¡A Granada! Cantiga Árabe"
  4. ^ Actually composed by Julián Arcas
  5. ^ Unrealised
  6. ^ Some editions include an introduction of the Grande Valse Brilliante Op. 34 No. 1 by Chopin)

Other works

Tárrega made over 120 transcriptions, including arrangements of Spanish music for the guitar. Composers whose works he arranged include Chopin, Schumann, Schubert, Beethoven, Mozart, and Bach.