Nights in the Gardens of Spain

Nights in the Gardens of Spain (Spanish: Noches en los jardines de España), G. 49, is a piece of music by the Spanish composer Manuel de Falla. Falla was Andalusian and the work refers to the Hispano-Arabic past of this region (Al-Andalus).

In the years leading up to World War I Falla was living in Paris where he began this work as a set of nocturnes for solo piano in 1909. On the suggestion of the pianist Ricardo Viñes he turned the nocturnes into a piece for piano and orchestra. The influence of French composers such as Debussy and Ravel can be seen in the music. Falla returned to Spain when the war began, and completed the work in 1915. He dedicated it to Viñes.