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The first in a set of three pieces by this composer opens with an E-flat minor theme over triplet arpeggios, followed by a restatement in the parallel major. Extremely slow interpretations of the first movement of a late piano sonata by this composer were popularized by Sviatoslav Richter, who switched (-5[1])from Bösendorfer to Steinway to record a fantasy by this composer that opens with thundering C major chords in a “long, short-short” rhythm. Brahms edited a set of “three piano pieces” by this composer initially intended to be a third set of four impromptus. This composer declared “the devil may play it” in reference to his challenging Wanderer Fantasy. (-5[1])For 10 points, name this German composer whose hundreds of Lieder include settings of Goethe (10[1])in Gretchen at the Spinning Wheel and Der Erlkönig. (10[3])■END■ (10[1]0[2])

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