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The Agony: Tango

Alfred Schnittke · 1934–1998

Level 5 · Advanced — about ABRSM 8 · RCM 9

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Type: Short piece
Setting: Piano
Length: About 3 min
Era: Contemporary
Nationality: Russian-German
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Arrangement of a tango from the opera Life with an Idiot

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