Granados wrote a considerable number of compositions inspired by the paintings of Francisco de Goya, works which reached their culmination in the piano suite entitled Goyescas-Los majos enamorados. The popularity of this suite has led to a common misconception that the term «Goyescas» refers only to those pieces which make up its two parts.

In fact, the cycle of Goyescas includes not only the works contained in the suite and the opera of the same name (which generally coincides with the musi...