At the request of Spanish harpist Nicanor Zabaleta, Tailleferre wrote this sonata in 1953, issuing a revision four years later. Dedicated to Zabaleta, the work falls into three compact movements. Bobbling along with a vaguely antique air, the Allegretto is an intricately sunny march, as if for toy soldiers, that frequently veers off into complex, finger-twisting passages. The languorous Lento glides along on a habanera rhythm, a nod to Zabaleta's nationality. (The habañera was the favorite "Spanish" rhythm of such earlier composers as Bizet, Saint-Saëns, and Chabrier, even though it actually originated in Cuba.) Alternating with a little fanfare motif, the jazzy main theme of the sparkling Perpetuum mobile (Allegro gaiement) is a distant cousin of the opening melody of Ravel's Piano Concerto in G major.

(AllMusic)

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