Siete canciones populares españolas

The set was dedicated to Madame Ida Godebska, a patron of music who Falla met while living in Paris.

[1] Luisa Vela was a well known zarzuela singer of the time who had sung in the Spanish premiere of La vida breve the previous year.

They are from different parts of Spain: an asturiana is from Asturias, in the north; the seguidilla, a type of flamenco, from Murcia, in the southeast, "Jota" is from Aragón in the northeast.

They have been arranged for guitar by Miguel Llobet and for orchestra by Ernesto Halffter, student and friend of Falla, in 1951, and Luciano Berio in 1978.

[4] Falla recorded the work with Maria Barrientos, a coloratura soprano who had retired from the operatic stage to concentrate on concert performances.