piano trio
Britishnoun
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an instrumental ensemble consisting of a piano, a violin, and a cello
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a piece of music written for such an ensemble, usually having the form and commonest features of a sonata
Example Sentences
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It recorded nearly all the piano trio repertory — Mozart, Beethoven, Haydn, Schubert, Brahms, Dvorak, Saint-Saëns and others — mostly on the Philips label, through the boom years of LPs and into the digital age.
From New York Times ● May 6, 2023
And Siri still has no clue what you’re talking about when you request the Largo movement from Beethoven’s fifth piano trio.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 26, 2023
“Moon Song” has the aesthetic of classic jazz, with Diehl leading a piano trio behind her, but its words meditate on the dangers and discomforts of love, in a way that few old standards do.
From New York Times ● Mar. 3, 2022
Trio Zadig The piano trio performs works by Mendelssohn and Bernstein in a program recorded live at the Greystone Mansion in Beverly Hills as part of the 2019 iPalpiti Festival.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 18, 2020
Kate Fanny Loder, not content with songs and the opera "L'Elisir d'Amore," has composed an overture for orchestra, two string quartettes, a piano trio, piano and violin sonatas, minor piano pieces, and some organ works.
From Woman's Work in Music by Elson, Arthur
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