José Brocá y Codina (in Catalan: Antoni Josep Mateu Brocà i Codina) (21 September 1805 – 3 February 1882) was a Spanish guitarist and composer of the Romantic period.
Mainly self-taught on the guitar, he also studied briefly with Dionisio Aguado.
[1] As a teacher based in Barcelona, his best-known pupils included Felipe Pedrell and José Ferrer who both dedicated compositions to him (and vice versa).
[3] Brocá's music was praised for its elegance and its stylistic proximity to Tárrega's, despite being several decades older.
Dates after online catalogue of Biblioteca Nacional de España.