Sonatina Op. 46 was created in 1949 and is dedicated to Weinberg's friend — composer Boris Tchaikovsky. Although the work seems to comply with Andrey Zhdanov’s demands (of creating simple, approachable pieces inspired by folk music), but it received its premiere six years later, on October 9 1955 in the Grand Hall of Moscow's State Conservatory, performed by Leonid Kogan and Andrei Mytnik. The Sonatina is abundant in beautiful melodies and melodiousness: it has broad phrasing and an illustrative character. In the initial segment of the second movement, one can hear subtle echoes of Jewish music, as well as folk tunes from the territories of the former Bessarabia (Weinberg’s family originally came from the area of today's Moldova). The piece comprises of three movements with two of them — second and third — connected attacca. It is built in a simple and legible way; the themes from both fast and slow movements are constructed in a natural and intuitive way, distinctly of folk provenance, Similarly to Weinberg’s other works, here, too, thematic motifs from the first movement return, and the piece ends in a major key (D major).