Miguel Hilarión Eslava y Elizondo (21 October 1807 â 23 July 1878) was a Spanish composer and pedagogue.
Born in Burlada, Navarra, Eslava was co-founder of the society La España Musical with Emilio Arrieta, Francisco Asenjo Barbieri, and JoaquÃÂn Gaztambide to defend Spanish opera and zarzuela.
He died in Madrid aged 70.