About Nicanor Zabaleta
(January 7, 1907–June 16, 1993) was a Spanish world-class virtuoso and populariser of the harp. Zabaleta was born in San Sebastián, Spain, on January 7, 1907. In 1914 his father, an amateur musician, bought him a harp in antique shop. He soon began taking lessons from Vincenta Tormo de Calvo (Madrid Conservatory faculty) and Luisa Menarguez. In 1925 he began studies in Paris, where his teachers were Marcel Tournier and Jacqueline Borot. In 1926, in Paris, he made his own official concert debut.
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Chanson de la nuit
Chanson dans la nuit
Fauré: Une châtelaine en sa Tour..., Op.110 - Arrangement: Nicanor Zabaleta
Concerto for Harp and Orchestra in G Major: II. Andante
Salzedo: Chanson dans la nuit
Reinecke: Harp Concerto in E minor, Op.182 - 2. Adagio
Nocturne For Harp
Organ Concerto No.6 in B flat, Op.4 No.6 HWV 294 - Version for harp: 2. Larghetto
Dittersdorf: Harp Concerto in A major - Arr. Karl Hermann Pillney (1896-1980) - 2. Larghetto
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