Mélancolie in E minor, CFF 122

César Franck · 1822–1890

Level 3 · Upper intermediate — about ABRSM 6 · RCM 7

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Type: Short piece
Setting: Piano
Length: About 4 min
Era: Late Romantic
Nationality: Belgian-French
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Brief lyrical elegy; legato cantabile and tone colour

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