Luisa Menárguez

{{Short description|Spanish harpist and educator}}

Luisa Menárguez was a Spanish harpist and educator, who taught several of the world's premier harpists of modern times, including her grand-niece,{{Cite news |date=1988-12-02 |title=Marisa Plays and Chats |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/camberley-news-marisa-plays-and-chats/142066965/ |access-date=2024-02-25 |work=Camberley News |pages=73 |via=Newspapers.com}} Marisa Robles,{{Cite web |title=Marisa Robles |url=https://www.rcm.ac.uk/strings/professors/details/index.aspx?id=81033 |access-date=2024-02-25 |website=Royal College of Music London |language=en}}{{Cite book |last1=Woodstra |first1=Chris |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nlDOICBmhbkC&dq=Luisa+Men%C3%A1rguez&pg=PA1108 |title=All Music Guide to Classical Music: The Definitive Guide to Classical Music |last2=Brennan |first2=Gerald |last3=Schrott |first3=Allen |date=2005 |publisher=Hal Leonard Corporation |isbn=978-0-87930-865-0 |pages=1107, 1529 |language=en}} Nicanor Zabaleta,{{Cite web |title=Nicanor Zabaleta (Harp) - Short Biography |url=https://www.bach-cantatas.com/Bio/Zabaleta-Nicanor.htm |access-date=2024-02-25 |website=Bach Cantatas}} and Maria del Milagro Azpiazu.{{Cite web |title=Azpiazu Michelena, María del Milagro |url=https://aunamendi.eusko-ikaskuntza.eus/en/azpiazu-michelena-maria-del-milagro/ar-17371/ |access-date=2024-02-25 |website=Auñamendi Eusko Entziklopedia |language=en}} She was a professor of harp at the Madrid Royal Conservatory. Joaquin Rodrigo composed harp music for Menárguez.{{Cite book |last1=Kouvaras |first1=Linda |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zdl-EAAAQBAJ&dq=Luisa+Men%C3%A1rguez&pg=PA129 |title=A Century of Composition by Women: Music Against the Odds |last2=Grenfell |first2=Maria |last3=Williams |first3=Natalie |date=2022-08-01 |publisher=Springer Nature |isbn=978-3-030-95557-1 |pages=129 |language=en}}