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LISZT PIANO PIECE NO 2 IN A FLAT FROM 5 PIECES S192

The 1830s and 1840s were a time of considerable compositional development for Liszt. From around 1850 onwards, versions of earlier piano works appeared in print, in which the composer achieved a by now refined balance between technical demands and musical content. Part of that journey

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