Jan Ladislav Dussek

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Allegro con spirito 05:34 Tools
Fantasia and Fugue for Piano, Op. 55: Fugue 05:58 Tools
Piano Concerto in B-Flat Major, Op. 40, "Military": I. Allegro moderato 14:59 Tools
Piano Sonata, Op. 70 'Le retour à Paris': I. Allegro non troppo ed espressivo 14:59 Tools
Allegro 14:59 Tools
Harp Sonata: III. Rondo - Allegro 02:53 Tools
Harp Sonata: II. Andantino 01:55 Tools
Piano Sonata No. 28 in F Minor, Op. 77, Craw 259: III. Adagio non troppo, ma solenne 01:55 Tools
Piano Suite in D major: I. Praeludium 00:52 Tools
Piano Concerto in G minor, Op. 49: I. Allegro 15:15 Tools
I. Allegro 02:25 Tools
Quintet in F minor - III. Finale: Allegretto ma espressivo 05:32 Tools
III. Rondo - Allegro 02:53 Tools
Piano Concerto in G minor, Op. 49: II. Adagio 07:45 Tools
Klavierkonzert F-Dur Op.17 01:38 Tools
The Brunswick March, C. 263 (Orchestrated by Thomas Trsek) 02:30 Tools
II. Andantino 01:38 Tools
Concerto for Two Pianos in B-Flat Major, Op. 63: III. Allegro moderato 01:38 Tools
Piano Concerto in B major, Op. 22: III. Rondo: Allegro non tanto 05:32 Tools
Piano Quintet in F Minor, Op. 41: II. Adagio espressivo 04:51 Tools
Piano Concerto in G minor, Op. 49: III. Rondo: Allegro non troppo 07:26 Tools
Piano Sonata No. 18 in E-Flat Major, Op. 44, Craw 178: III. Tempo di menuetto piuttosto allegro 11:40 Tools
III. Adagio non troppo ma solenne 05:09 Tools
Introduction - III. Rondo: Allegro non tanto 05:35 Tools
Rondo "Les Adieux" für Klavier 00:30 Tools
The Sufferings of the Queen of France, Op. 23 11:40 Tools
Quintet for Violin, Viola, Cello, Double Bass and Piano in F Minor, Op. 41: III. Andantino 05:32 Tools
I. Allegro maestoso con espressione 08:07 Tools
IV. Rondo: Allegro moderato 08:08 Tools
Klavierkonzert F-Dur op. 17 00:30 Tools
Quartet for Violin, Viola, Cello and Piano in E-Flat Major, Op. 56: II. Larghetto quasi andante 06:32 Tools
II. Rondo: Allegretto grazioso 03:25 Tools
Jan Dussek - Sonatina Opus 20 no 1 (Allegro non tanto) 00:30 Tools
II. Larghetto con espressione 03:31 Tools
I. Allegretto non tanto 07:59 Tools
Sonata in C Minor, Op. 2, No. 3: I. Allegro 02:30 Tools
Piano Concerto in B-Flat Major, Op. 22: I. Allegro non troppo 05:29 Tools
Adagio und Rondo aus dem Klavierkonzert F-Dur op. 27 00:30 Tools
12 Mélodies studies: No. 1 in C Major, Allegro non troppo 00:30 Tools
Concerto for Two Pianos in B-Flat Major, Op. 63: I. Allegro moderato 00:30 Tools
Harp Concerto in E-Flat Major, Op. 15: II. Larghetto teneramente 00:30 Tools
Piano Sonata No. 18 in E-Flat Major, Op. 44, Craw 178: II. Molto adagio e sostenuto 06:32 Tools
Rosline Castle, with Variations 06:32 Tools
Piano Sonata in C Major, Op.9 No. 2: I. Allegro con spirito 08:29 Tools
II. Larghetto non tanto 06:27 Tools
II. Adagio 07:45 Tools
Sonata in C Minor, Op. 2, No. 3: III. Rondo. Allegro 07:45 Tools
II. Tempo di minuetto con moto 05:58 Tools
Piano Sonata in F minor, Op. 77, "L'invocation": I. Allegro moderato ma energico 00:30 Tools
Sonate op.20 N°3 - I. Allegro vivace 05:58 Tools
Jan Dussek - Sonatina Opus 20 no 1 (Rondo Allegretto Tempo di Minuetto) 11:56 Tools
Adagio und Rondo aus dem Klavierkonzert F-Dur Op.27 05:58 Tools
Piano Sonata in F minor, Op. 77, "L'invocation": III. Adagio non troppo ma solenne 05:11 Tools
12 Leçons progressives, Op. 16: III. Rondeau a la turque. Molto allegro 05:11 Tools
Piano Sonata No. 18 in E-Flat Major, Op. 44, Craw 178: I. Introduzione. Grave - Allegro moderato 06:32 Tools
III. Presto assai 04:08 Tools
Piano Sonata in F minor, Op. 77, "L'invocation": II. Tempo di minuetto con moto 03:47 Tools
I. Allegro con spirito 09:52 Tools
Harp Concerto in E-Flat Major, Op. 15: III. Rondo: Allegro molto 06:32 Tools
Harp Concerto in E-Flat Major, Op. 15: I. Allegro 06:32 Tools
I. Allegro vivace 00:30 Tools
Piano Concerto in B-Flat Major, Op. 22: II. Larghetto non tanto 11:56 Tools
Sonate op.20 N°3 - III. Rondo. Allegretto 00:30 Tools
Piano Concerto in B-Flat Major, Op. 22: III. Rondo: Allegro non tanto 11:56 Tools
1. Satz aus dem Klavierkonzert G-Dur op. 1 Nr. 3 05:29 Tools
Sonatina in G Major Op. 20 No. 1: I. Allegro non tanto 06:32 Tools
Larghetto und Rondo aus dem Klavierkonzert C-Dur op. 29 05:29 Tools
Concerto for Two Pianos in B-Flat Major, Op. 63: II. Larghetto sostenuto 05:29 Tools
Piano Sonata in F minor, Op. 77, "L'invocation": IV. Rondo: Allegro moderato 08:29 Tools
Notturno Concertant in E-Flat Major, Op. 68: II. Tempo di menuetto 08:29 Tools
Piano Sonata in A Major, Op. 10 No. 1: I. Allegro moderato 06:32 Tools
Piano Sonata in C Major, Op.9 No. 2: II. Larghetto con espressione 00:30 Tools
Rondo aus dem Klavierkonzert Es-Dur op. 70 10:04 Tools
III. Rondo: Allegro non troppo 07:26 Tools
II. Prestissimo 04:21 Tools
Sonatina per arpa in si bemolle Maggiore No.4 04:21 Tools
Piano Concerto in G minor Op.49 (50) (Craw WVZ 187) - I. Allegro 15:16 Tools
III. Rondo: Allegro non tanto 05:29 Tools
Piano Quintet in F Minor, Op. 41: I. Allegro moderato ma non fuoco 05:29 Tools
12 Leçons progressives, Op. 16: IV. Air russe varié. Andantino moderato assai 05:32 Tools
Piano Sonata No. 18 in E-Flat Major, Op. 44, Craw 178: IV. Rondo. Allegro moderato ed espressivo 05:32 Tools
Sonate op.24 N°3 - I. Allegro con spirito 09:52 Tools
Piano Concerto in F Major, Op. 17: II. Larghetto piu tosto adagio 00:30 Tools
Piano Sonata No. 28 in F Minor, Op. 77, Craw 259: IV. Rondo. Allegro moderato 04:51 Tools
Sonatina per arpa in fa Maggiore No.2 09:52 Tools
Sonatina per arpa in do Maggiore No.1 09:52 Tools
II. Tempo vivace e con fuoco quasi presto 05:32 Tools
Adagio und Rondo aus dem Klavierkonzert Es-Dur op. 70 10:04 Tools
Piano Sonata in B-Flat Major, Op. 23: I. Allegro con spirito 00:30 Tools
The Sufferings of the Queen of France, Op. 23: V. Sa résignation 00:30 Tools
Piano Sonata in A Major, Op. 10 No. 1: III. Rondo allegro assai 06:32 Tools
Piano Sonata in D Major, Op. 25 No. 2: II. Presto 06:32 Tools
12 Leçons progressives, Op. 16: XI. Chansonette. Allegretto con sentiment 05:32 Tools
Piano Sonata No. 28 in F Minor, Op. 77, Craw 259: I. Allegro moderato, ma energico 05:32 Tools
Sonata per arpa in mi bemolle Maggiore No.1 Op.34 00:30 Tools
12 Mélodies studies: No. 3 in C Major, Rondeau a la turque 04:51 Tools
I. Allegro non troppo 12:17 Tools
Piano Sonata, Op. 64 "Le Retour à Paris": Allegro non troppo ed espressivo 02:49 Tools
I. Allegro moderato ma energico 10:04 Tools
Piano Sonata in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 61, "Elegie Harmonique": I. Lento patetico - Tempo agitato, non presto 04:51 Tools
Piano Sonata No. 13, Op. 35 No. 3: III. Intermezzo. Presto 06:32 Tools
12 Leçons progressives, Op. 16: XII. Rondeau sur la retraite espagnol. Allegro moderato 06:32 Tools
Notturno Concertant in E-Flat Major, Op. 68: I. Andantino 06:32 Tools
Piano Concerto in F Major, Op. 17: III. Rondo 00:30 Tools
Piano Sonata No. 28 in F Minor, Op. 77, Craw 259: II. Tempo di menuetto. Con moto 00:30 Tools
Piano Sonata in C Major, Op.9 No. 2: III. Presto assai 06:32 Tools
Piano Sonata in A Major, Op. 10 No. 1: II. Adagio cantabile 06:32 Tools
Dussek - Quintet in F minor opus 41 - I Allegro non troppo 11:56 Tools
Piano Sonata in D Major, Op. 25 No. 2: I. Adagio maestoso 00:30 Tools
Piano Sonata in A Major, Op. 10 No. 1, Craw 60: I. Allegro moderato 00:30 Tools
Sonate op.24 N°3 - II. Larghetto con variazioni 11:56 Tools
Sonate op.31 N°3 - I. Allegro vivace 11:56 Tools
Piano Sonata in A-Flat Major, Op. 64/70, "Le retour a Paris": I. Allegro non troppo ed espressivo 04:51 Tools
Sonate op.31 N°1 - I. Allegro 11:56 Tools
Sonata per arpa in si bemolle Maggiore 00:30 Tools
Klavierkonzert g-moll op. 49: I - Allegro 00:30 Tools
Piano Sonata in D major, Op. 9, No. 3: I. Allegro maestoso con espressione 06:32 Tools
Piano Sonata in C major, Op. 9, No. 2: I. Allegro con spirito 06:32 Tools
Piano Sonata in D major, Op. 9, No. 3: II. Prestissimo 00:30 Tools
Piano Sonata in D major, Op. 69, No. 3: I. Allegro maestoso e brillante 06:58 Tools
Fantasia and Fugue for Piano, Op. 55: Fantasia 06:58 Tools
Piano Concerto in B-Flat Major, Op. 40, "Military": II. Rondo: Allegretto 04:53 Tools
Andante and Rondo: II. Rondo 05:59 Tools
Sonate op.31 N°2 - II. Adagio con espressione 00:30 Tools
Sonate op.31 N°2 - I. Allegro non tanto 00:30 Tools
Piano Concerto in F Major, Op. 17: I. Allegro vivace (cadenza by M. Lagana) 06:58 Tools
Sonate op.31 N°2 - III. Pastorale. Allegro non troppo 00:30 Tools
Sonate op.31 N°1 - II. Adagio non troppo 00:30 Tools
Sonate op.31 N°1 - III. Allegretto moderato, Rondo. Allemande 00:30 Tools
Piano Sonata in F sharp minor, Op. 61 "Elégie Harmonique": Lento patetico - Tempo agitato 04:51 Tools
Piano Sonata in A-Flat Major, Op. 64/70, "Le retour a Paris": II. Molto adagio con anima ed espressione 00:30 Tools
I. — 00:30 Tools
Harp Sonata No. 2 in B-Flat Major, Op. 34: II. Rondo 05:59 Tools
12 Mélodies studies: No. 4 in F Major, Molto allegro 04:51 Tools
I. Allegro moderato 10:38 Tools
Sonatina per arpa in fa Maggiore No.5 00:30 Tools
Sonata per arpa in fa Maggiore 00:30 Tools
Sonate op.20 N°3 - II. Cantabilke con espressione 00:30 Tools
Piano Concerto in in B flat major Op.22 (Craw WVZ 97) - I. Allegro non troppo 12:24 Tools
Sonatina in G Major, Op. 20 No. 1 - Rondo: Allegretto Tempo di Minuetto 12:24 Tools
Piano Sonata No. 18 12:24 Tools
Sonatina per arpa in sol Maggiore No.3 12:24 Tools
Rondo aus dem Klavierkonzert Es-Dur Op.70 00:30 Tools
Piano Sonata in C major, Op. 9, No. 2: II. Larghetto con espressione 00:30 Tools
Sonata in F major - Allegretto 06:32 Tools
Harp Sonata in F Major, Op. 69, No. 3: II. Larghetto 06:32 Tools
Piano Sonata No. 13, Op. 35 No. 3: IV. Finale. Molto allegro 06:32 Tools
Piano Sonata No. 11, Op. 35 No. 1: II. Finale. Allegro non troppo ma con spirit 06:32 Tools
Piano Sonata No. 12, Op. 35 No. 2: II. Rondo. Molto allegro con espressione 06:32 Tools
Piano Sonata No. 11, Op. 35 No. 1: I. Allegro moderato e maestoso 00:30 Tools
Piano Sonata in D Major, Op. 25 No. 2: III. Larghetto 06:32 Tools
Piano Sonata in C minor, Op. 35 No. 3: IV. Allegro molto 06:32 Tools
The Sufferings of the Queen of France, Op. 23: VI. Sa situation pendant la nuit qui précéda le jour de l'exécution 06:32 Tools
12 Mélodies studies: No. 6 in F Major, Polonaise 00:30 Tools
The Sufferings of the Queen of France, Op. 23: I. La reine est emprisonnée 00:30 Tools
Piano Sonata in D major, Op. 69, No. 3: II. Larghetto espressivo 04:53 Tools
Piano Sonata No. 12, Op. 35 No. 2: I. Allegro 04:53 Tools
12 Mélodies studies: No. 8 in G Major, Air anglais varié 04:53 Tools
Sonatina in E-Flat Major Op. 20 No. 6: I. Allegro 04:53 Tools
Piano Sonata in A Major, Op. 10 No. 1, Craw 60: II. Adagio cantabile 04:53 Tools
Dussek - Quintet in F minor opus 41 - II Adagio espressivo non troppo 06:32 Tools
The Sufferings of the Queen of France, Op. 23: III. Elle doit se séparer de ses enfants 06:32 Tools
Sonatina in G Major, Op. 20 No. 1: I. Allegro non tanto 06:32 Tools
Andante and Rondo: I. Larghetto con espressione 06:32 Tools
Fantaisie in F Major, Op. 76: VII. Adagio 04:53 Tools
Fantaisie in F Major, Op. 76: I. Grave 04:53 Tools
Sonatina V Larghetto 04:53 Tools
Sonate op.31 N°3 - II. Scotch Air. Larghetto con espressione 02:49 Tools
Harp Sonata: Allegro - Andantino - Rondo Allegro 02:49 Tools
Harp Sonata No. 2 in B-Flat Major, Op. 34: I. Allegro con spirito 02:49 Tools
Quintet in F minor opus 41 - I. Allegro non troppo [Nepomuk Fortepiano Quintet] 00:00 Tools
Sonate op.31 N°3 - III. Allegro scherzo 02:49 Tools
Fantaisie in F Major, Op. 76: IV. Menuet du Carême 04:51 Tools
Piano Sonata in A-Flat Major, Op. 64/70, "Le retour a Paris": IV. Scherzo: Allegro con spirito 04:51 Tools
Sonata in C Minor, Op. 2, No. 3 02:49 Tools
Piano Sonata, Op. 64 "Le Retour à Paris": Molto adagio con anima ed espressione 02:49 Tools
Piano Sonata in A-Flat Major, Op. 64/70, "Le retour a Paris": III. Tempo di minuetto 02:49 Tools
Menuet du Careme 02:49 Tools
Concerto pour piano et orchestre en fa majeur op. 17 04:51 Tools
II. Andante moderato 07:24 Tools
II. Vivace con spirito 06:32 Tools
III. Rondo 06:32 Tools
Klavierkonzert g-moll op. 49: II - Adagio 06:32 Tools
Harp Sonata in B flat, Op. 69, No. 1: I. Allegro con fuoco 06:32 Tools
Piano Sonata in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 61, "Elegie Harmonique": II. Tempo vivace e con fuoco quasi presto 06:32 Tools
Sonatina in G Major Op. 20 No. 1: II. Rondo - Allegretto - Tempo di minuetto 06:32 Tools
Klavierkonzert g-moll op. 49: III - Rondo 06:32 Tools
Piano Sonata in C major, Op. 9, No. 2: III. Presto assai 06:32 Tools
Piano Quintet in F Minor, Op. 41: III. Allegretto ma espressivo e moderato 06:32 Tools
Quintet in F Minor, Op. 41: III. Finale. Allegretto ma espressivo 06:32 Tools
Piano Sonata in G minor, Op. 10, No. 2: I. Grave, adagio non troppo 06:32 Tools
Klavierkonzert B-Dur op. 22: I - Allegro non troppo 06:32 Tools
Piano Sonata No. 13, Op. 35 No. 3: II. Adagio patetico ed espressivo 06:32 Tools
Klavierkonzert B-Dur op. 22: II - Larghetto non tanto 06:32 Tools
Piano Sonata No. 13, Op. 35 No. 3: I. Allegro agitato assai 06:32 Tools
Piano Sonata in D Major, Op. 25 No. 2: IV. Rondo allegremente 06:32 Tools
Piano Sonata in D major, Op. 69, No. 3: III. Finale: Chasse, allegro scherzo 06:32 Tools
III. Menuetto. Tempo di ballo – quasi andante 06:32 Tools
Trio Sonata in C Major, Op. 31, No. 3: I. Allegro vivace 06:32 Tools
Piano Sonata No. 51 in G major: II. Allegro 08:20 Tools
Larghetto Teneramente 05:59 Tools
Trio Sonata in B-Flat Major, Op. 24, No. 3: I. Allegro con spirito 05:59 Tools
Piano Sonata in A minor, Op. 18, No. 2: I. Agitato assai 05:47 Tools
Piano Sonata in A minor, Op. 18, No. 2: II. Rondo: Allegretto moderato 04:51 Tools
The Sufferings of the Queen of France, Op. 23: II. Elle réfléchit sur sa grandeur passée 04:51 Tools
The Sufferings of the Queen of France, Op. 23: VII. Elle entre dans la prison 04:51 Tools
12 Mélodies studies: No. 2 in F Major, Andante sostenuto 06:32 Tools
Dussek - Quintet in F minor opus 41 - III Finale-Allegretto ma espressivo 05:59 Tools
Harp Sonata in F Major, C. 183: II. Allegretto "The Lass of Richmond Hill" 05:59 Tools
Harp Sonata in F Major, C. 183: I. Allegro 05:59 Tools
12 Mélodies studies: No. 5 in C Major, Air russe varié 05:59 Tools
Sonatina in G Major, Op. 20 No. 1: II. Rondo. Allegretto - Tempo di minuetto 05:59 Tools
Fantaisie in F Major, Op. 76: VI. Prélude 05:59 Tools
Fantaisie in F Major, Op. 76: VIII. Finale alla polacca 04:51 Tools
Sonate en ut mineur Op.35 №3 - IV. Finale. Allegro molto [Andreas Staier] 00:00 Tools
I. Poco presto 10:28 Tools
Tableau 'Marie Antoinette' Op. 23 (Craw WVZ 98) 11:40 Tools
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Jan Ladislav Dussek or Jan Ladislav Dusík (baptized as Václav Jan Dusík) (February 12, 1760 in Čáslav-March 20, 1812 in St.-Germain-en-Laye) was a Czech composer and pianist. The Dussek family has an extraordinarily long history as professional musicians, starting at least as early as Jan Ladislav's grandfather, and lasting in the Moravian branch of the family at least into the 1970s. Of them, Jan Ladislav is often known as "Dussek the Great". Jan Ladislav's mother was a harpist, and he composed much music for the harp as well as for the piano. Great as his music may be, his personal life (in which harpists figured prominently) was the stuff of which movies are made. After early studies in Bohemia, Dussek traveled to the Netherlands and Germany, where he may have studied with C. P. E. Bach. From there, he moved to St. Petersburg, where he was, for a time, a favourite of Catherine the Great. However, after a while, he fled St. Petersburg just ahead of Catherine's secret police, who accused him of involvement in a plot to assassinate Catherine. Given Dussek's lifelong royalist sympathies, his well-attested personal good looks, and Catherine's proclivity for beautiful young men, a different explanation seems more probable. After Dussek left St. Petersburg, he took a position as music director for Prince Radziwill in Lithuania for a year, after which he toured Germany in the mid 1780s as a virtuoso performer on the piano and on the glass harmonica. Later he went to France where he became a favourite of Marie Antoinette, who tried to dissuade him from taking a performing tour to Milan in 1788. On the outbreak of the Revolution in 1789, Dussek fled France for England, going to London. Continuing his romantic exploits, he took with him the harpist wife of the composer Jean-Baptiste Krumpholtz, who drowned himself into the Seine as a consequence. In London Dussek continued his blossoming career as a virtuoso performer, gaining great praise from Joseph Haydn, who wrote a glowing note to Dussek's father after one of the Salomon concerts which featured works by both composers. In London, Dussek joined forces with a music publisher named Corri to form a company which later went bankrupt. Dussek soon abandoned Madame Krumpholtz in favour of Corri's young daughter, Sophie, whom he married. Sophie Dussek was a singer, pianist, and harpist who later became known in her own right. Together, they had a daughter, but the marriage was not happy, involving liaisons by both parties. Apart from his own music, Dussek is important in the history of music because of his friendship with John Broadwood, the developer of the "English Action" piano. Because his own music demanded strength and range not available in the then current pianos, he pushed Broadwood into several extensions of the range and sonority of the instrument. It was a Broadwood instrument with Dussek's improvements that was sent to Beethoven. And it was while Dussek was having dinner with John Broadwood that his wife left with her lover, though she later returned to Dussek when her lover rejected her. When the firm of Dussek and Corri went bankrupt, Dussek left England for Germany, leaving behind his family, and with his father-in-law in a debtor's jail. In Germany, initially, he became one of the first "glamour" touring pianists, preceding Franz Liszt. According to Louis Spohr, Dussek was the first to turn the piano sideways on the stage "so that the ladies could admire his handsome profile." Before long, however, he took up a position with Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia, who treated him more as a friend and colleague than as an employee. Together, they sometimes enjoyed what were called "musical orgies." When Prince Louis Ferdinand was killed in the Battle of Saalfeld, Dussek wrote the moving Sonata in F sharp minor, Elégie harmonique, Op. 61 (C. 211). In 1807, despite his earlier affiliation with Marie Antoinette, Dussek returned to Paris in the employ of Talleyrand, the powerful French foreign minister. He wrote a powerful sonata (Sonata in A flat major, Op. 64, C. 221) called Le Retour à Paris (The Return to Paris). This imposing sonata also received the nickname Plus Ultra in heated response to a piano sonata by Joseph Woelfl, said to be the last word in pianistic difficulties, entitled Ne Plus Ultra. The remainder of his life he spent performing, teaching and composing in Prussia and France. His personal beauty had faded and he became grossly fat, in fact being unable eventually to reach the piano keyboard, and unfortunately he had developed a fondness for strong drink which hastened his death. Dussek was an important predecessor of the Romantic composers for piano, especially Chopin, Schumann and Mendelssohn. Many of his works sound strikingly "modern," especially when compared with the late Classical style of other composers of the time; yet it remains a controversial point whether or not the later composers were influenced by Dussek, since his works were out of fashion by the time they were writing. Dussek may have been an independent line of development without followers, somewhat in the manner of Gesualdo. Stylistically Dussek has much more in common with the Romantic era than the Classical era, even though most of his work preceded the commonly accepted beginning of the Romantic era by at least two decades. Some of his more famous and notable works include many solo piano pieces, many of which have programmatic titles, such as The Sufferings of the Queen of France (1793), a series of episodes of varying lengths, with interpolated texts relating to the Queen's misfortunes, including her sorrow at being separated from her children and her final moments on the scaffold before the guillotine. He also wrote 34 piano sonatas, many piano concertos, sonatas for violin and piano, a musical drama, and various works of chamber music, including a Trio for piano, horn and violin, a combination not repeated until Johannes Brahms, and the highly unusual sonata for piano, violin, cello and percussion entitled The Naval Battle and Total Defeat of the Dutch by Admiral Duncan (1797), which is an extremely rare example of pre-20th century chamber music which includes percussion. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.