Tag: George Crumb
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PROGRAM NOTES: STEVEN OSBORNE
Franz Schubert Impromptu No. 1 in F minor D. 935 The impromptu is just one of a number of small-scale instrumental genres arising in the early 19th century, known under the collective title of character pieces. Cultivated by composers in the emerging Romantic movement, these pieces presented a simple musical idea in an intimate lyrical…