I think this is one of the "Amateur Sonatas" that Shapero wrote, sort of after Haydn. Like Prokofiev's "Classical Symphony" based on a similar conceit, it doesn't really sound anything like Haydn while having a lot in common with some of Haydn's easier sonatas. Whatever they are, they are attractive pieces that seem to be fitting for a day in late summer.
I'm not sure but, him being from Lynn Mass. Harold Shapero's family could be related to the family my great-aunt was the cook for. Alas, everyone who could tell me is long gone. Harold Shapero died in May of this year.
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