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Piano Quintet in C major, Op. 23

Hans Pfitzner · 1869–1949 · German
For 2 violins, viola, cello, piano
Level 8 · Professional — about LRSM / LTCL · RCM LRCM, for the piano part
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Ensemble
Piano quintet
Hardest part
Piano
Form
Full work
Length
About 41 min
Composed
1908
Era
Late Romantic

Notes

Four movements, about 40 minutes; Brahms-influenced late-Romantic quintet

About this work

Composed
1908
Dedicated to
Bruno Walter
  1. Allegro, ma non troppo (mäßiges alla breve, später bewegter)
  2. Intermezzo. Mit ruhiger Grazie
  3. Adagio, attacca-
  4. Gemächlich bewegt (Allegretto commodo)
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