Recuerdos de la Alhambra (Spanish: Memories of the Alhambra) is a classical guitar piece composed by Spanish composer and guitarist Francisco Tárrega.
A virtuoso on his instrument, Tárrega was known as the "Sarasate of the guitar". As well as his original works for the guitar, which also include Capricho Árabe and Danza Mora, he arranged pieces by others for the instrument, including works by Ludwig van Beethoven, Frédéric Chopin and Felix Mendelssohn. As with several of his Spanish contemporaries, such as his friend Isaac Albéniz, he had an interest in combining the prevailing Romantic trend in classical music with Spanish folk elements, which he did with Recuerdos de la Alhambra and transcribed several of Albeniz's piano pieces (notably the fiery Asturias (Leyenda)) for guitar.
Recuerdos de la Alhambra shares a title with the Spanish language translation of Washington Irving's 1832 book "Tales of the Alhambra", which he wrote during his four-year stay in Spain.
The piece was used on the soundtrack of the film The Killing Fields by Mike Oldfield.
