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Joan Tower · b. 1938

Level 8 · Professional — about LRSM / LTCL · RCM LRCM

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Type: Solo work
Setting: Unaccompanied
Length: About 8 min
Era: Contemporary
Nationality: American · woman composer
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Competition commission; driving, virtuosic

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