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short fall

David Lang · b. 1957 · American
For flute, piano, violin, cello
Level 5 · Advanced — about ABRSM 8 · RCM 9, with the parts evenly matched
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Ensemble
Strings & winds
Hardest part
Balanced
Form
Short piece
Length
About 4 min
Composed
2000
Era
Contemporary

Notes

Part of child (2001); on Molly Barth's Thorn (Cantaloupe, 2017)

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