 The work is dedicated to the composer's friend and Colleague Henri Sauguet, who had arranged for Tailleferre to spend a month at the Chateau de Rondon in Brittany, which was run by the SACD (the French Dramatic Rights Organization) which he presided.Written in three movements, the work lasts about twelve minutes to perform.The first and second movements use themes from Tailleferre's 1951 Comic Opera "Il était un petit navire".