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| x Lyric Suite | Alban Berg | Alexander von Zemlinsky | 1926 |
Lyric Suite is a six-movement work for string quartet written by Alban Berg between 1925 and 1926 using methods derived from Schoenberg's twelve tone technique. Though publicly dedicated to Alexander von Zemlinsky (from whose Lyric Symphony it...
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| x Violin Concerto | Alexander Glazunov | Leopold Auer | 1904 |
The Violin Concerto in A minor, Op. 82 by Alexander Glazunov is one of his most popular compositions. Written in 1904, the concerto was dedicated to violinist Leopold Auer, who gave the first performance at a Russian Musical Society concert in St....
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| x Symphony No. 4 | Alexander Glazunov | Anton Rubinstein | 1893 |
The Symphony No. 4 in E flat major, Op. 48, was written by Alexander Glazunov in 1893. The symphony was a departure from Glazunov's three earlier symphonies, which were based on nationalistic Russian tunes and, according to the composer, allowed him...
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| x Symphony No. 3 | Alexander Glazunov | Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | 1890 |
Alexander Glazunov composed his Symphony No. 3 in D major, opus 33, in 1890, and it was published by 1892 by the Leipzig firm owned by Mitrofan Belyayev. The symphony is dedicated to Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky and was first performed in St. Petersburg...
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| x Stenka Razin | Alexander Glazunov | Alexander Borodin | 1885 |
Stenka Razin, Op. 13, is a symphonic poem composed by Alexander Glazunov in 1885. Dedicated to the memory of Alexander Borodin, it is one of the few compositions written by Glazunov on a nationalist subject and is composed in a style reminiscent of...
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| x Symphony No. 3 | Anton Bruckner | Richard Wagner | 1891 |
Anton Bruckner's Symphony No. 3 in D minor (WAB 103) was dedicated to Richard Wagner and is sometimes known as his "Wagner Symphony". It was written in 1873, revised in 1877 and again in 1891.
In 1873, Bruckner sent both his Second and Third...
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| x Symphony No. 1 | Arnold Bax | John Ireland | 1922 |
The Symphony No. 1 by Arnold Bax was completed in 1922 and dedicated to John Ireland. Its outer movements were based on a Piano Sonata in E-flat that Bax subsequently orchestrated, while the central movement was newly-composed for the symphony.
It...
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| x Symphony No. 5 | Arnold Bax | Jean Sibelius | 1932 |
The Symphony No. 5 by Arnold Bax was completed in 1932 and dedicated to Jean Sibelius. It is in many ways heavily influenced by Sibelius.
It is scored for two piccolos, three flutes, two oboes, English horn, three clarinets, bass clarinet, two...
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| x Nocturne for tenor, 7 obligato instruments & strings | Benjamin Britten | Alma Mahler Gropius Werfel |
Nocturne for tenor, 7 obligato instruments & strings is song cycle by Benjamin Britten. Premiered at the Leeds Festival in October 1958, it is his fourth and final orchestral song cycle, after Our Hunting Fathers (1936), Les Illuminations (1939) and...
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| x Cello Symphony | Benjamin Britten | Mstislav Rostropovich | 1963 |
The Symphony for Cello and Orchestra or Cello Symphony Op. 68 was written in 1963 by the British composer Benjamin Britten. He dedicated the work to Mstislav Rostropovich, who gave the work its premiere in Moscow with the composer and the Moscow...
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| x Violin Concerto No. 3 | Camille Saint-Saëns | Pablo de Sarasate | 1880 |
The Violin Concerto No. 3 in B minor, Op. 61, by Camille Saint-Saëns, is a Romantic piece for violin and orchestra. Saint-Saëns finished and dedicated the concerto in 1880 to fellow composer-virtuoso Pablo de Sarasate, who played the solo part at...
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| x Symphony No. 2 | Carl Nielsen | Ferruccio Busoni | 1902 |
The Symphony No. 2 "The Four Temperaments" (Op. 16, FS 29) is the second symphony by Danish composer Carl Nielsen written in 1901 to 1902 and dedicated to Ferruccio Busoni. It was first performed in 1 December 1902 for the Danish Concert Association...
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| x Symphonic Variations | César Franck | Louis Diémer | 1885 |
The Symphonic Variations (Variations symphoniques), M. 46, is a work for piano and orchestra, written in 1885 by César Franck. It has been described as "one of Franck's tightest and most finished works", "a superb blending of piano and orchestra",...
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| x Preludes | Dmitri Borisovich Kabalevsky | Nikolai Myaskovsky | 1944 |
Dmitri Kabalevsky's Preludes Op.38 are a set of 24 piano pieces in the Chopinian model, each based in a folksong. It was composed in 1943-44, and dedicated to Nikolay Myaskovsky, his teacher.
The score is headed by a quote from Mikhail Lermontov on...
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| x 24 Preludes and Fugues | Dmitri Shostakovich | Tatiana Nikolayeva |
The 24 Preludes and Fugues, Op. 87 by Dmitri Shostakovich is a set of 24 piano pieces, one in each of the major and minor keys of the chromatic scale. While the musical style and ideas are Shostakovich's own, it follows the form of Johann Sebastian...
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| x Symphony No. 14 | Dmitri Shostakovich | Benjamin Britten | 1969 |
The Symphony No. 14 (Opus 135) by Dmitri Shostakovich was completed in the spring of 1969, and was premiered later that year. It is a sombre work for soprano, bass and a small string orchestra with percussion, consisting of eleven linked settings of...
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| x Cello Concerto No. 1 | Dmitri Shostakovich | Mstislav Rostropovich | 1959 |
The Cello Concerto No. 1 in E Flat Major, Opus 107, was written by Dmitri Shostakovich in 1959. He wrote it for Mstislav Rostropovich, who memorized the work in four days and gave the premiere in Leningrad under Yevgeny Mravinsky, on October 4, 1959...
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| x Cello Concerto No. 2 | Dmitri Shostakovich | Mstislav Rostropovich | 1966 |
The Cello Concerto No. 2, Opus 126, was written by Dmitri Shostakovich in the spring of 1966 in the Crimea. Like the first concerto, it was written for Mstislav Rostropovich, who gave the premiere in Moscow under Yevgeny Svetlanov on 25 September...
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| x String Quartet No. 2 | Dmitri Shostakovich | Vissarion Shebalin | 1944 |
Dmitri Shostakovich's String Quartet No. 2 in A major (Op. 68) was composed in 1944. It was premiered by the Beethoven Quartet and is dedicated to the composer Vissarion Shebalin.
Playing time is approximately 35 minutes, one minute shorter than his...
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| x String Quartet No. 10 | Dmitri Shostakovich | Mieczysław Weinberg | 1964 |
Dmitri Shostakovich's String Quartet No. 10 in A flat major (Op. 118) was composed in 1964. It was premiered by the Beethoven Quartet and is dedicated to his close friend Moisei Weinberg.
The work has four movements:
Playing time is approximately 22...
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| x Piano Sonata | Edvard Grieg | Niels Wilhelm Gade | 1865 |
Edvard Grieg's Piano Sonata in E minor, Op. 7 was written in 1865 when Grieg was only 22 years old. The sonata was published a year later and revised in 1887. The work was Grieg's only piano sonata and was dedicated to Danish composer Niels Wilhelm...
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| x Violin Concerto | Edward Elgar | Fritz Kreisler | 1909 |
Sir Edward Elgar's Violin Concerto in B minor, Op. 61, is one of his longest orchestral works and has been described as "the greatest English contribution to the treasury of Romantic violin concertos".
The Royal Philharmonic Society of London...
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| x Violin Concerto | Erich Wolfgang Korngold | Alma Mahler Gropius Werfel | 1945 |
Erich Wolfgang Korngold composed his Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35, in 1945.
Working in the lush, lyrical idiom reminiscent of fin de siècle Vienna, Korngold scored the concerto for elaborate instrumental forces. In addition to the solo violin,...
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| x Sinfonietta | Erich Wolfgang Korngold | Felix Weingartner | 1912 |
The Sinfonietta in B major Op. 5 is the first large-scale orchestral work written by the 20th-century German composer Erich Wolfgang Korngold. It was completed in 1912, when he was fifteen years old and was premiered in Vienna on 30 November 1913...
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| x Piano Trio No. 2 | Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy | Louis Spohr |
Felix Mendelssohn's Piano Trio No. 2 in C minor, Op. 66 was composed and published in 1845. The work is scored for a standard piano trio consisting of violin, cello and piano. Mendelssohn dedicated the work to the violinist Louis Spohr, who played...
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| x Piano Quartet No. 1 | Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy | Antoni Radziwiłł |
Felix Mendelssohn's Piano Quartet No. 1 in C minor, Op. 1, for piano, violin, viola and cello was completed on 18 October 1822 and dedicated to Prince Antoni Radziwiłł. Mendelssohn's three numbered piano quartets were the first works of his to be...
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| x Transcendental Etudes | Franz Liszt | Carl Czerny |
The Transcendental Etudes (French: Études d'exécution transcendante), S.139, are a series of twelve compositions written for solo piano by Franz Liszt in 1852. They are revisions and simplifications of a set of pieces published in 1837 called Douze...
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| x Piano Concerto No. 2 | Franz Liszt | Hans Bronsart von Schellendorff | 1861 |
Franz Liszt wrote drafts for his Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 2 in A Major, S.125, during his virtuoso period, in 1839 to 1840. He then put away the manuscript for a decade. When he returned to the concerto, he revised and scrutinized it...
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| x Beethoven Symphonies | Franz Liszt | Hans von Bülow |
Beethoven Symphonies (French: Symphonies de Beethoven), S.464, is a set of nine transcriptions for solo piano by Franz Liszt after Ludwig van Beethoven's orchestral symphonies.
Liszt began the work in 1838, but at that time only completed Nos. 5, 6...
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| x Fantasy and Fugue on the chorale Ad nos ad salutarem undam | Franz Liszt | Giacomo Meyerbeer | 1850 |
The Fantasy and Fugue on the chorale Ad nos, ad salutarem undam, S.259, is a piece of organ music composed by Franz Liszt in the winter of 1850 when he was in Weimar. It was dedicated to Giacomo Meyerbeer who was the composer of the chorale "Ad nos,...
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| x A Song of Summer | Frederick Delius | Eric Fenby |
A Song of Summer is a tone poem for orchestra by Frederick Delius, completed in 1931.
A Song of Summer derived from an unpublished 1918 symphonic work, originally called Poem of Life and Love. In 1921, Delius told Peter Warlock that he had misplaced...
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| x Sea Drift | Frederick Delius | Max von Schillings | 1904 |
Sea Drift is among the larger-scale musical works by the composer Frederick Delius. Completed in 1903-1904 and first performed in 1906, it is a setting for baritone, chorus and orchestra of words by Walt Whitman.
Sea Drift takes its name from a...
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| x Piano Concerto No. 1 | Frédéric Chopin | Friedrich Kalkbrenner | 1830 |
The Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor, Op. 11 by the Polish composer Frédéric Chopin was composed in 1830. It was first performed on 11 October of that year, in Warsaw, with the composer as soloist, during one of his "farewell" concerts before leaving...
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| x Piano Sonata No. 1 in C minor | Frédéric Chopin | Józef Elsner | 1828 |
The Piano Sonata No. 1 in C minor, Op. 4 by Frédéric Chopin was written by the composer in 1828. It was written during Chopin's time as a student with Józef Elsner, to whom the sonata is dedicated. (Probably begun around July 1828, according to the...
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| x Ballade in F major | Frédéric Chopin | Robert Schumann | 1839 |
The Ballade No. 2 in F major, Op. 38 is the second of the four ballades for piano solo by Frédéric Chopin.
It was composed from 1836 to 1839 in Nohant, France and on the Spanish island of Majorca. Chopin dedicated this work to Robert Schumann, who...
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| x Polonaises Op. 26 | Frédéric Chopin | Josef Dessauer | 1836 |
The Polonaise in C sharp minor, Op. 26 No. 1 and the Polonaise in E flat minor, Op. 26 No. 2 were composed by Frédéric Chopin in 1836. Both of them were dedicated to Josef Dessauer. Both Polonaises require considerable technique and stamina to...
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| x Messa per Rossini | Giuseppe Verdi | Gioacchino Rossini | 1869 |
The Messa per Rossini is a Requiem mass, which resulted from a joint effort of thirteen composers.
Shortly after Gioacchino Rossini's death in 1868, Giuseppe Verdi invited the twelve most eminent Italian composers of the time to contribute to a...
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| x Violin Concerto No. 2 | Henryk Wieniawski | Pablo de Sarasate |
Violin Concerto No. 2 in D minor, Op. 22, by the Polish violin virtuoso, Henryk Wieniawski, may have been started in 1856, but the first performance did not take place until November 27, 1862, when he played it in St. Petersburg with Anton...
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| x Herma | Iannis Xenakis | Yuji Takahashi | 1961 |
Herma (from Greek ἕρμα "a stringing together, a foundation") is a piece for solo piano composed by Iannis Xenakis in 1961. It is based on a formulation of the algebraic equations of Boolean algebra, and is also a prime example of what Xenakis called...
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| x Symphonies of Wind Instruments | Igor Stravinsky | Claude Debussy | 1920 |
The Symphonies of Wind Instruments (French title: Symphonies d'instruments à vent) is a concert work written by Igor Stravinsky in 1920, for an ensemble of woodwind and brass instruments. The piece is in one movement, lasting about 9 minutes. It is...
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| x Symphony No. 6 | Jean Sibelius | Wilhelm Stenhammar | 1923 |
Jean Sibelius's Symphony No. 6 in D minor, Op. 104, was completed in 1923. Although the symphony is usually described as being "in D minor" the score does not contain a key attribution. Much of the symphony is in fact in the (modern) Dorian mode.
It...
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| x Piano Concerto No. 2 | Johannes Brahms | Eduard Marxsen | 1881 |
The Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat major, Op. 83 by Johannes Brahms is a composition for solo piano with orchestral accompaniment. It is separated by a gap of 22 years from the composer's first piano concerto. Brahms began work on the piece in 1878...
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| x Violin Concerto | Johannes Brahms | Joseph Joachim | 1878 |
Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 77 is a violin concerto in three movements composed by Johannes Brahms in 1878 for and dedicated to his friend, violinist Joseph Joachim. It was Brahms' only violin concerto, and, according to Joachim, one of the four...
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| x Double Concerto | Johannes Brahms | Joseph Joachim | 1887 |
The Double Concerto in A minor (Op. 102) by Johannes Brahms is a concerto for violin, cello and orchestra.
Composed in the summer of 1887, and first performed on 18 October of that year, it was Brahms' final work for orchestra. Brahms, approaching...
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| x Six Pieces for Piano, Op. 118 | Johannes Brahms | Clara Schumann | 1893 |
The Six Pieces for Piano, Op. 118, are some of the most beloved items that the composer Johannes Brahms wrote for the solo instrument. Completed in 1893 and dedicated to Clara Schumann, the collection was the second to last composition to be...
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| x Violin Sonata No. 3 in D minor | Johannes Brahms | Hans von Bülow | 1887 |
Johannes Brahms' Violin Sonata No. 3 in D minor, op. 108 is the last in a triptych of violin sonatas composed between 1878 and 1887. Unlike Brahms' two previous violin sonatas it is in four movements (the others are in three movements). The sonata...
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| x Piano Sonata No. 2 | Johannes Brahms | Clara Schumann | 1853 |
The Piano Sonata No. 2 in F Sharp Minor, Op. 2 of Johannes Brahms was written in Hamburg, Germany in 1853, and published the year after. It was one of his first published works, sent with his first sonata to Breitkopf und Härtel with a letter of...
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| x Music of Changes | John Cage | David Tudor |
Music of Changes is a piece for solo piano by John Cage. Composed in 1951 for pianist and friend David Tudor, it is Cage's earliest fully indeterminate instrumental work. The process of composition involved applying decisions made using the I Ching,...
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| x String Quartet in Four Parts | John Cage | Lou Harrison | 1950 |
String Quartet in Four Parts is a string quartet by John Cage, composed in 1950. It is one of the last works Cage wrote that is not entirely aleatoric. Like Sonatas and Interludes for prepared piano (1946-8) and the ballet The Seasons (1947), this...
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| x Diez Estudios Escénicos | Juan María Solare | Mauricio Kagel |
Diez Estudios Escénicos [Ten scenic Etudes] is a musical work for the stage by Juan Maria Solare.
It was composed at Cologne (Germany) and Mollina (Spain), June-July 1996, and is 20'00" in length, without text. For two actors, one actress, diverse...
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| x Angloise | Leopold Mozart | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart |
Angloise is the name of a piece of classical music from "Notebook for Wolfgang" written for Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart by his father Leopold Mozart. The composition was written for piano in D minor.
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| x Sinfonia | Luciano Berio | Leonard Bernstein |
Sinfonia is a composition by the Italian composer Luciano Berio that was commissioned by the New York Philharmonic for its 125th anniversary. Composed in 1968-69 for orchestra and eight amplified voices, it is a musically innovative post-serial...
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| x Piano Sonata No. 3 | Ludwig van Beethoven | Joseph Haydn | 1796 |
The Piano Sonata No. 3 in C major is a sonata written for solo piano, composed by Ludwig van Beethoven in 1796. It is the third sonata from the Opus 2 publication, dedicated to Joseph Haydn. It was written three years prior to his widely-known...
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| x Violin Sonata No. 9 | Ludwig van Beethoven | Rodolphe Kreutzer | 1802 |
Violin Sonata No. 9 in A major, commonly known as the Kreutzer Sonata, is a violin sonata which Ludwig van Beethoven published as his Opus 47. It is known for its demanding violin part, unusual length (a typical performance lasts slightly less than...
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| x Piano Sonata No. 1 | Ludwig van Beethoven | Joseph Haydn | 1795 |
Beethoven's Piano Sonata in F minor, op. 2, no. 1, was written in 1795 and dedicated to Joseph Haydn.
A typical performance lasts about 19 minutes.
The sonata is in four movements:
The first movement, in 2/2 time, is in Sonata form. The first theme...
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| x Piano Sonata No. 2 | Ludwig van Beethoven | Joseph Haydn | 1796 |
Beethoven's Piano Sonata in A major, Op. 2, No. 2, was written in 1796 and dedicated to Joseph Haydn.
It has four movements:
An athletic movement that has a bright disposition. The second theme of exposition contains some striking modulations for...
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| x Violin Sonata No. 3 | Ludwig van Beethoven | Antonio Salieri | 1798 |
The Violin Sonata No. 3 of Ludwig van Beethoven in E-flat major, the third of his Opus 12 set, was written in 1798 and dedicated to Antonio Salieri. It has three movements:
The work takes approximately 18 minutes to perform.
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| x Violin Sonata No. 1 | Ludwig van Beethoven | Antonio Salieri | 1798 |
The Violin Sonata No. 1 of Ludwig van Beethoven in D major, the first of his Opus 12 set, was written in 1798 and dedicated to Antonio Salieri. It has three movements:
A typical performance lasts approximately 20 minutes.
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| x Violin Sonata No. 2 | Ludwig van Beethoven | Antonio Salieri |
The Violin Sonata No. 2 of Ludwig van Beethoven in A major, the second of his Opus 12 set, was written in 1797-8 and dedicated to Antonio Salieri. It has three movements:
A typical performance lasts approximately 17 minutes.
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| x Jeux d'eau | Maurice Ravel | Gabriel Fauré | 1901 |
Jeux d’eau is a piece for solo piano by Maurice Ravel. The title is often translated as “Fountains”, “Water Games”, or “Playing water” (See Jeux d'eau, water features in gardens.) At the time of writing Jeux d'eau, Ravel was a student of Gabriel...
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