Don Quijote of La Mancha) is an early novel written by Spanish author Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra. Within Cervantes' complex fiction, the original story was said to have been written in Arabic by a historian named Cide Hamete Benengeli, with Cervantes serving as a "translator" after the story is found in Toledo's bedraggled old Jewish quarter.Menocal, Maria Rosa. The Ornament of the World.

Don Quixote is Canadian singer Gordon Lightfoot's 8th original album, released in 1972 on the Reprise Records Label. The album reached #42 on the pop chart.

Don Quixote, Op. 35, is a composition by Richard Strauss for cello, viola and large orchestra, subtitled "Fantasy Variations on a Theme of Knightly Character." Also known as "Don Quixote, Fantastic Variations for Cello & Orchestra." It is modelled after the novel Don Quixote de la Mancha by Spanish author Miguel de Cervantes.

The ballet Don Quixote is based on the famous Miguel de Cervantes novel Don Quixote de la Mancha. Although there have been many ballet adaptations of the work, the most celebrated and enduring version was created by the choreographer Marius Petipa to the music of Léon Minkus, first presented on October 26, 1869 by the Ballet of the Moscow Imperial Bolshoi Theatre.