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
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There are technique and temperament issues in a piano trio.
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
So, for Sorey, recording an album of standards with a piano trio qualifies as a curve ball.
From New York Times • Jul. 8, 2022
Callisto Trio The piano trio plays works by Haydn, Dvorak and Schoenfeld in this Da Camera Society presentation.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 5, 2019
Her compositions, not all published, include several string quartettes, a piano trio, sonatas, choral works, fragments of an opera, and a number of effective piano pieces.
From Woman's Work in Music by Elson, Arthur
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