Piano Quintet in A Minor | |
Composer: | Camille Saint-Saëns |
Key: | A minor |
Opus: | 14 |
Period: | Romantic |
Genre: | Piano Quintet |
Composed: | 1855 |
Movements: | 4 |
Scoring: | String Quartet and Piano |
Piano Quintet in A minor, Op. 14, by Camille Saint-Saëns is a piano quintet composed in 1855 and published 10 years later in 1865.[1]
The piano quintet was the first work of chamber music written by Saint-Saëns. Additionally, he was only the second French composer to attempt a piano quintet.[2]
The composer dedicated the piece to his great aunt, Charlotte Gayard Masson, who lived with him and his mother. [3]
The work consists of four movements: [4]