Federico Moreno Torroba "Sonatina" Allegretto (first movement)

Federico Moreno Torroba (1892-1982), Spanish composer born in Madrid, Spain, com-

posed both vocal (Zarzuelas or Spanish operettas) and instrumental works. He is

known for his contributions to the classical guitar repertory during the first third of the

third of the twentieth century and he was the first non-guitarist to write for guitar.

His compositional style is closer to C. Debussy instead of the avant garde tendencies

present in Europe at the time (Wagner, Serialism). The Sonatina in A Major, written  in

1923 and dedicated to the previously mentioned Segovia, was the Spaniard's first piece

for solo guitar.

The Allegretto has a total of 100 bars is in classical sonata form and the musical phras-

ing is based mostly on a tonic-dominant motion. This ternary structure formed by an 

exposition, development and recapitulation (each having thirty measures each) is 

followed by a ten bar coda. 

Apart from the YouTube link, this post includes a harmonic outline of this first move-

ment of the Sonatina. Click on Read more...