Valses poéticos was first published, along with the Valses ntimos by the same composer, in the influential journal Ilustración musical hispano-americana (Barcelona) in 1894. Like the well-known pieces from the Suite española (Granada, Sevilla, Cataluña, etc.) by Granados' contemporary Issac Albeniz (1860-1909), Valses poéticos adapts naturally to the guitar and is now perhaps performed on guitar as much as on the original piano.