Originally titled "El Ultimo Tremolo" (the last tremolo) because of the technique under which this piece is performed. But the legend goes that Agustín Barrios Mangoré, the author, was teaching this new piece to a guitar student, (believed to be a young student named Cándido Morales) during a quiet afternoon in San Salvador around the1930's. When suddenly the lesson was interrupted by somebody knocking at the door. When maestro Barrios opened the door to complain about the interruption of their session, an elder lady was at the door begging "alms for the love of God". Her words were softly spoken with such tenderness that it touched the maestro and after giving her some coins he dismissed her with a gentle smile, the words stucked in his head, changing therefore the masterpiece's name to "Una limosna por el amor de Dios"