# Isaac Manuel Francisco Albéniz y Pascual

_29 May 1860 – 18 May 1909_
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Isaac Albéniz was a Spanish virtuoso pianist, composer, and conductor. He is one of the foremost composers of the Post-Romantic era who also had a significant influence on his contemporaries and younger composers. 

He is best known for his piano works based on Spanish folk music idioms