Piano Quartet in C minor, WoO 32

Robert Schumann · 1810–1856 · German

For violin, viola, cello, piano

Level 6 · Pre-diploma — about ARSM · RCM 10, for the piano part

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Ensemble: Piano quartet
Hardest part: Piano
Form: Full work
Length: About 20 min
Composed: 1829
Era: Early Romantic

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Written at 18 in four movements; unpublished in his lifetime

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