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  2. Player Piano (novel) - Wikipedia

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    Player Piano is the debut novel by American writer Kurt Vonnegut Jr., published in 1952. The novel depicts a dystopia of automation partly inspired by the author's time working at General Electric, describing the negative impact technology can have on quality of life. [ 2] The story takes place in a near-future society that is almost totally ...

  3. Romance for viola and piano (Vaughan Williams) - Wikipedia

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    The Romance for Viola and Piano was one of many pieces found in Ralph Vaughan Williams ' library after his death in 1958. The date of the composition is not known, but it is thought to date from around 1914. It is probable that it was written for the great English violist, Lionel Tertis, the dedicatee of Vaughan Williams's other pieces for ...

  4. List of compositions for viola: A to B - Wikipedia

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    John Burge (b. 1961) String Theory for viola and piano (2012); Canadian Music Centre. Jarmil Burghauser (1921–1997) [1] Sonata for viola and piano (1985); Český Hudební Fond. Geoffrey Burgon (1941–2010) Concerto "Ghosts of the Dance" for viola and orchestra (2008); Chester Music.

  5. List of musical symbols - Wikipedia

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    Musical symbols are marks and symbols in musical notation that indicate various aspects of how a piece of music is to be performed. There are symbols to communicate information about many musical elements, including pitch, duration, dynamics, or articulation of musical notes; tempo, metre, form (e.g., whether sections are repeated), and details about specific playing techniques (e.g., which ...

  6. Player piano - Wikipedia

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    A restored pneumatic player piano Steinway reproducing piano from 1920. Harold Bauer playing Saint-Saëns' Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 22, excerpt of 3rd movement. Duo-Art recording 5973-4. A player piano is a self-playing piano with a pneumatic or electro-mechanical mechanism that operates the piano action using perforated paper or ...

  7. Six sonatas for various instruments - Wikipedia

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    Claude Debussy 's Six sonatas for various instruments (French: Six sonates pour divers instruments) was a projected cycle of sonatas that was interrupted by the composer's death in 1918, after he had composed only half of the projected sonatas. He left behind his sonatas for cello and piano (1915), flute, viola and harp (1915), and violin and ...

  8. Sheet music - Wikipedia

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    Tibetan musical score from the 19th century. Sheet music is a handwritten or printed form of musical notation that uses musical symbols to indicate the pitches, rhythms, or chords of a song or instrumental musical piece. Like its analogs – printed books or pamphlets in English, Arabic, or other languages – the medium of sheet music ...

  9. Viola repertoire - Wikipedia

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    Suite Hébraïque for viola and piano or orchestra (1951) Johannes Brahms (1833–1897) Sonata No. 1 in F minor for viola and piano, Op. 120 No. 1 (1894) Sonata No. 2 in E-flat major for viola and piano, Op. 120 No. 2 (1894) Two Songs for voice, viola and piano, Op. 91 (1884) Max Bruch (1838–1920) Concerto for Clarinet, Viola, and Orchestra ...