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Arthur De Greef (composer)

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reveals that it is in B minor, not B-flat as is sometimes given. (Its original title specifies "si mineur" and its key signature is two sharps.)
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Following the Weimar sojourn, De Greef embarked on a career as a concert pianist, travelling widely. He was a friend of
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De Greef composed a sizeable quantity of music, virtually all of which is now unknown. Among his works are two
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After graduating with high distinction from the Conservatoire at the age of 17, De Greef went to
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Piano Concerto in G minor, Op. 22 (with the New Symphony Orchestra of London and Landon Ronald)
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Five études in concert form (Cinq études de concert) (1914–1918)
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Ballade in Form von Variationen über ein flämisches Volkslied
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Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 2 in B minor (1930)
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Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 1 in C minor (1914)
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A scan of the original handwritten score available at
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Belgian
classical
pianist
composer
romantic era
Louvain
Brussels Conservatoire
Louis Brassin
Ignaz Moscheles
Joseph Dupont
François-Auguste Gevaert
Fernand Kufferath
Weimar
Franz Liszt
Edvard Grieg
Camille Saint-Saëns
piano concertos

Order of the Crown
Piano Concerto in A minor
Isolde Menges
Liszt
Chopin
Schubert
Moszkowski
Saint-Saëns
Earthlink
Free scores by Arthur de Greef
International Music Score Library Project

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