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  Sonatas and Interludes

  Sonatas and Interludes is a collection of twenty pieces for prepared piano by American avant-garde composer John Cage (1912–1992). It was composed in 1946–1948, shortly after Cage's introduction to Indian philosophy and the teachings of art historian Ananda K. Coomaraswamy, both of which became...

• Piano Trio No. 2

  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 through the piece with the composer at least once....

• A Song of Summer

  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 A Song of Summer derived from an unpublished 1918 symphonic work, originally called Poem of Life and Love.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 most of that score. Delius resumed work on this...

• Little Red Riding Hood

  Little Red Riding Hood (Красная шапочка in Cyrillic; Krasnaja šapočka in transliteration) is an opera-fairytale for children in two acts (three tableaux) by César Cui, composed in 1911. The libretto was written by Marina Stanislavona Pol', based on Charles Perrault's fairytale of the same name. The...

• Violin Sonata No. 7

  The Violin Sonata No. 7 in C minor by Ludwig van Beethoven, the second of his opus 30 set, was composed between 1801 and 1802, published in May 1803, and dedicated to Czar Alexander I of Russia. It has four movements: The first movement is in sonata form without a repeat of the exposition....

• Violin Concerto No. 1

  Béla Bartók's Violin Concerto No. 1, BB 48a was written around the years 1907–1908, but only published in 1956, after the composer's death. It was premiered in May 30, 1958 in Basel, Switzerland. It strays from the path of the traditional concerto, having two rather than three movements: Bartók had...