 This is most evident in the "zapateo" interludes, in which the raw rhythmic intensity echos "Les Augures Printaniers / Danses des Adolescentes" in Stravinsky's "Le Sacre du Printemps", which Ginastera cited as one of his earliest and most powerful musical influences.Ginastera recommends the use of a "non-"legato" touch, accenting lightly on the first beat of each measure" to best communicate the "malambo"’s motoric, energetic rhythm (Sister Mary Ann Hanley, CSJ.