Romance (guitar piece)

It is thought to have been originally a solo instrumental guitar work from the 19th century, and has variously been attributed to Antonio Rubira, David del Castillo,[1] Francisco Tárrega, Fernando Sor, Daniel Fortea, Francisco Vicaria l Llobet, Antonio Cano, Vicente Gómez, and Narciso Yepes.

[2] The earliest recording of "Romance" is found on a cylinder from the "Viuda de Aramburo" label[3][4][5][6] featuring guitarists Luis and Simon Ramírez, which was made in Madrid sometime between 1897 and 1901.

[9][10][11] The recording may be heard on the Doremi CD release "Tarrega, His Disciples, and Their Students" (DHR-7996) and online at the UCSB Cylinder Audio Archive.

[12] An early publication of the work, known as "Estudio para Guitarra" de Rovira and attributed to Spanish guitarist Antonio Rubira,[13] was published by J.A.

[14] Guitarist and composer Isaías Sávio (Montevideo, 1900 — São Paulo, 1977) published the work in 1959 with the title "Romance de Amor (Estudo em Mi) Música de Antonio Rovira (Segunda metade do século XIX)"[15] He published information which cited Antonio Rubira as the author.

Narciso Yepes (1927 — 1997) interpreted the piece and is credited as its author in René Clément's 1952 film Jeux interdits (Forbidden Games).

Some time later, he recounts, when he was thirteen years old, he attended a performance in Valencia and heard his composition presented by another guitarist, who indicated the authorship as "anonymous".