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Sonata No. 1 in F major for Horn and Strings
Luigi Cherubini · 1760–1842 · Italian
For horn, 2 violins, viola, cello
Also known as Horn Sonata No. 1 · Sonate première pour le cor
Level 4 · Early advanced — about ABRSM 7 · RCM 8, for the horn part
Listen
- Ensemble
- Strings & winds
- Hardest part
- Horn
- Form
- Short piece
- Length
- About 2 min
- Composed
- 1804
- Era
- Classical
Notes
Single Larghetto; horn with string-quartet accompaniment (also played with string orchestra)
Also in Two Sonatas for Horn and Strings
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