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sweet air

David Lang · b. 1957 · American
For flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano
Level 6 · Pre-diploma — about ARSM · RCM 10, with the parts evenly matched
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Ensemble
Strings & winds
Hardest part
Balanced
Form
Short piece
Length
About 8 min
Composed
1999
Era
Contemporary

Notes

Part of child (2001); first played by Sentieri Selvaggi in Turin, 1999

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