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Piano Quintet

Charles Wuorinen · 1938–2020 · American

For 2 violins, viola, cello, piano

Also known as Piano Quintet No. 1

Level 9 · Virtuoso — about FRSM / FTCL, for the piano part

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Ensemble: Piano quintet
Hardest part: Piano
Form: Full work
Length: About 25 min
Composed: 1994
Era: Contemporary

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Premiered by the Arditti Quartet and Ursula Oppens; the first of two piano quintets

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