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Performances
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Sheet Music
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Editor
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Orfeo Mandozzi
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Minusio: Orfeo Mandozzi 24.4.2016
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Arrangements and Transcriptions
For Violin, Viola and Piano (Fine)
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Elaine Fine (b. 1959)
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Elaine Fine, 2017.
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For Cello and Piano (Mandozzi)
Arranger
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Orfeo Mandozzi
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Minusio: Orfeo Mandozzi 24.4.2016
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General Information
Work Title
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XVème Improvisation en ut mineur
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Alternative. Title
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Hommage à Édith Piaf
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Composer
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Poulenc, Francis
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Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No.
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FP 176
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I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No.
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IFP 44
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Key
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C minor
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Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp.
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1959
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First Publication.
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1960
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Dedication
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à Édith Piaf
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Average DurationAvg. Duration
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2.5 minutes
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Composer Time PeriodComp. Period
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Early 20th century
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Piece Style
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Early 20th century
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Instrumentation
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piano
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Navigation etc.
Poulenc’s œuvre contains fifteen more improvisations, an additional fourteen of which are collected in Les Quinze Improvisations:
There is also the improvisation for solo piano composed as part of the collective work “Hommage à J.S. Bach”: