The work was one of the first written by Tailleferre after she returned to France from her exile in the United States during World War II.
[1] The work is dedicated to a friend's recently born twin sons: Christian and Jacques Tual.
After studying with Maurice Ravel in the 1920s we see a shift in compositional style from the aesthetic of Les Six, to a more Neo-Baroque expression reminiscent of Bach.
The first sections features rapid passages of sixteenth notes divided between the two pianos in a rather glassy, tonal atmosphere (perhaps suggesting children playing outdoors, given the dedication), a second section features a simple melody in quarter notes over ostinato passages in both pianos.
A modified version of this work is also included as a movement in Tailleferre's 1948 Ballet "Paris-Magie" The Intermezzo for Flute and Piano, written in the same year by Tailleferre is completely unrelated musically to this work.