The ''Fantasia Bætica'' (Latin), ''Fantasía bética'' (Spanish), or ''Andalusian Fantasy'', is a 1919 piano composition by

Manuel de Falla Manuel de Falla y Matheu (, 23 November 187614 November 1946) was a Spanish composer and pianist. Along with Isaac Albéniz, Francisco Tárrega, and Enrique Granados, he was one of Spain's most important musicians of the first half of the 20t ...

. The work is normally known by the Spanish version of its name, which like the Latin version, evokes the old Roman province of

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in southern Spain, today's

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History

It was commissioned by Artur Rubinstein, who received the manuscript from the composer in 1919. He planned to perform it in Barcelona that year but did not learn it in time and so wound up giving the premiere in New York on 20 February 1920; as it turned out, he would play it only a few times before dropping it from his repertory without recording it.Ibla Foundation
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* 1919 compositions Compositions by Manuel de Falla Spanish compositions for solo piano Falla {{classical-composition-stub