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Max Bruch's Serenade in A minor, Op. 75 is a composition for violin and orchestra that was composed in Cologne in 1899. [1]
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Max Bruch's Serenade in A minor, Op. 75 is a composition for violin and orchestra that was composed in Cologne in 1899. [1]
The work has four movements and takes approximately 35 to 40 minutes to perform:
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