On the Fiddle

Michael Nyman · b. 1944

Level 6 · Pre-diploma — about ARSM · RCM 10

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Type: Suite
Setting: Piano
Length: About 15 min
Era: Contemporary
Nationality: British
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Three pieces from Greenaway film scores, piano part added to violin solo

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