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    This Czech romantic composer is famous for his symphonic music, but he wrote many short, brilliant and technically difficult piano pieces that almost nobody plays live. Firkusny had a legendary recording of some of them. Who was he?

    Question #101072. Asked by Cem1942. (Nov 17 08 4:54 AM)


    Pagiedamon

    		Antonín Leopold Dvořák.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anton%C3%ADn_Dvo%C5%99%C3%A1k

    Nov 17 08, 5:04 AM
    Cem1942

    		Sorry but no Dvorak. Think again.

    Nov 17 08, 9:10 AM
    krzys44

    		perhaps Bedrich Smetana

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bed%C5%99ich_Smetana#Piano_music

    Nov 17 08, 11:18 AM
    Cem1942

    		That's better!. Yes, Smetana, His piano pieces are just beautiful, and nobody plays them now. As only chamber experts
    (like me) knows his second string quartet or his piano trio!

    Nov 17 08, 1:17 PM

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