Jennifer Higdon won a Grammy for her 2020 concerto for this instrument. A sonata for this instrument contains a habanera-inspired second movement and ends with a cheerful perpetuum mobile; that sonata, which is dedicated to Nicanor Zabaleta, is by Germaine Tailleferre. Ascending sixteenth notes on this instrument open the 9/8 ("nine eight") pastorale first movement of a sonata for flute, viola, and this instrument by Claude Debussy. This instrument plays ascending and descending arpeggios to open the pas de deux from The Nutcracker. Following an opening flute solo, a glissando on this instrument begins the Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun. The concert form of this instrument, which is unusually tuned to C-flat major, has seven pedals and a range of six-and-a-half octaves. For 10 points, name this 47-stringed instrument that is plucked by hand. ■END■
ANSWER: harp [or concert harp; or pedal harp]
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