The ''Concierto serenata'' for harp and

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was composed in 1952 by

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.Spanish Music in the Twentieth Century
Marco, T. 1993. Harvard University Press. Retrieved: 27/05/18 It was written for

Nicanor Zabaleta Nicanor Zabaleta (January 7, 1907 – April 1, 1993) was a Spanish harpist. Zabaleta was born in San Sebastián, Spain, on January 7, 1907. In 1914 his father, an amateur musician, bought him a harp in an antique shop. He soon began takin ...

, who premiered the work in

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on November 9, 1956;KAMHI DE RODRIGO, V. (1992). Hand in hand with Joaquín Rodrigo: my life at the maestro's side. Pittsburgh, Pa, Latin American Literary Review Press.

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conducted the

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. Zabaleta recorded it with the

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under Ernst Märzendorfer for

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three years later. The concerto is in three

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; a typical performance lasts around 20 minutes. The first of the three movements represents a group of young musicians walking in the street; the third represents evening. The second is written in form of a canon. The movements are: *''Estudiantina'' (Allegro ma non troppo — Andante) *''Intermezzo'' (Molto tranquillo) *''Sarao'' (Allegro deciso)

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