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Edvard GRIEG (1843-1907)
WATCH CHENYIN LI PLAY THIS AT WWW.PIANISTMAGAZINE.COM Grieg’s third volume of Lyric Pieces was written and published in 1886 and consists of six pieces, of which ‘To Spring’ – a fantastic showpiece for pianists to conquer – appears as the last. The O
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Pyotr Ilyich TCHAIKOVSKY (1840-1893)
Tchaikovsky was in the midst of writing Swan Lake in 1875 when the editor of the Russian music magazine Nouvellist commissioned him to write The Seasons – one solo piano piece for each month, appearing in the magazine in its respective month. The ‘So
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Béla BARTÓK (1881-1945)
Along with Franz Liszt, Béla Bartók is regarded as Hungary’s greatest composer. He is also considered one of the most important composers of the 20th century. Through his collection and analytical study of folk music, he was one of the founders of co

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