![]() ![]() The new transcription proposed here aims to fulfill this task of creating an arrangement as close as possible to the original source. The difficulties in transposing it from its original key in G minor without major losses for the guitar’s extension made the work be transposed to E minor most of the time. Since then, its melody has received several arrangements, interpretations, recordings and versions, including the song "Spanish Caravan" by The Doors. Named by Isaac Albéniz (1860-1909) as "Preludio" and published for the first time in 1892, the work was later entitled "Asturias (Leyenda)", as part of the “Suite Española”. ![]() Originally composed for solo piano, "Asturia" has become one of the best-known works in the repertoire for classical guitar, since the transcription of the famous guitarist Andrés Segovia, in the early 1950s.
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