España, rhapsody for orchestra ( or
Rapsodie España) is the most famous orchestral composition by French composer
Emmanuel Chabrier (1841–1894). Written in 1883 after a trip to Spain, it was dedicated to the conductor
Charles Lamoureux, who conducted the first public performance on 4 November 1883, at the Théâtre du Château d’Eau for the Société des Nouveaux Concerts in
Paris.