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  2. Piano Concerto in G major (Ravel) - Wikipedia

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    Maurice Ravel's Piano Concerto in G major, was composed between 1929 and 1931. The piano concerto is in three movements, with a total playing time of a little over 20 minutes. Ravel said that in this piece he was not aiming to be profound but to entertain, in the manner of Mozart and Saint-Saëns. Among its other influences are jazz and Basque ...

  3. List of jazz-influenced classical compositions - Wikipedia

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    Jazz Sonata, for piano A Jazz Symphony Piano Sonata No. 4 "Jazz" Malcolm Arnold: 1954 1959 1974 Concerto for Harmonica and Orchestra, Op. 46 Concerto for Guitar and Orchestra, Op. 67 Concerto No. 2 for Clarinet and Orchestra, Op. 115 Larry Austin: 1960 1961 1971 Fantasy on a Theme by Berg, for jazz orchestra: 5 saxs, 5 tpts, 4 trbns, perc set ...

  4. List of piano composers - Wikipedia

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    Piano Sonata (1928–1929) Suite in 3 Movements (1925) Elegiac Blues (1927) Ernesto Lecuona: 1895: 1963: Cuban: André Mathieu: 1929: 1968: Canadian: Concerto Romantique (Concerto de Québec, 1943) Piano Concerto No. 4 (1947) Romantic: Nikolai Medtner: 1880: 1951: Russian: Erkki Melartin: 1875: 1937: Finnish: Olivier Messiaen: 1908: 1992 ...

  5. List of compositions for piano and orchestra - Wikipedia

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    Piano Concerto No. 9 in G minor, Op. 177 (c. 1833) Introduction et Rondeau brilant, WoO54 (1835) Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. Piano Concerto in C-sharp minor, Op. 30 (1882) Leroy Robertson. Piano Concerto (1966) Joaquín Rodrigo. Concierto heroico (1942) Julius Röntgen. Piano Concerto in G minor (1873) Piano Concerto in D major, Op. 18 (1879)

  6. Ferde Grofé - Wikipedia

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    Ferde's father died in 1899, after which his mother took him abroad to study piano, viola, and composition in Leipzig, Germany.Ferde became proficient on a wide range of instruments including piano (his favored instrument), violin, viola (he became a violist in the LA Symphony), baritone horn, alto horn, cornet and drums.

  7. In G Major - Wikipedia

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    In G Major is set to Ravel's Piano Concerto in G Major, which the composer said "uses certain effects borrowed from jazz, but only in moderation." [1]: 450 The ballet is performed by two soloists, who dance the central pas de deux that takes place in the second movement, and a corps de ballet consisting of six men and six women.

  8. György Cziffra - Wikipedia

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    After the war, he earned a living playing in Budapest bars and clubs, [3] [6] touring with a European jazz band from 1947 to 1950 and earning recognition as a superb jazz pianist and virtuoso. [7] [8] After attempting to escape Hungary in 1950, Cziffra was again imprisoned and subject to hard labour in the period 1950–1953.

  9. John Lewis (pianist) - Wikipedia

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    Len Lyons depicts Lewis's piano, composition and personal style when he introduces Lewis in Lyons' book The Great Jazz Pianists: "Sitting straight-backed, jaw rigid, presiding over the glistening white keyboard of the grand piano, John Lewis clearly brooks no nonsense in his playing, indulges in no improvisational frivolity, and exhibits no ...