Scott Ordway
Snow Elegy
piano four hands 2013
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Scott Ordway
Snow Elegy
piano four hands 2013
Ordway, Scott J. Snow Elegy. Copyright 2013 Scott J. Ordway (ASCAP), all rights reserved. M. Edwards Publisher, Philadelphia (ASCAP)
Snow Elegy Scott Ordway (2013) Piano four hands Duration: ca. 5 minutes Premiere: 4 March, 2013. Duncan Hall, Rice University Shepherd School of Music, Houston, TX. Charles Halka and Benjamin Krause, piano. Commissioned by Benjamin Krause and the Shepherd School of Music at Rice University.
Commissioned by Benjamin Krause and the Shepherd School of Music at Rice University
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