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Piano Quintet No. 1

Grażyna Bacewicz · 1909–1969 · Polish
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 25 min
Composed
1952
Era
20th century · woman composer

Notes

Four movements, including a Presto and a Grave

About this work

Composed
1952
First performed
1952 November 16, Krakow: Kiejstut Bacewicz – piano, Kwartet Krakowski
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