Listen to the following: https://youtu.be/YKsQOpTTd7w - what is the instrumentation (outlining the solo instrument), what is the tonality, from what type of work was this likely taken, when might it have been written, and who is a possible composer?
Instrumentation:Solo instrument: Cor AnglaisAccompaniment under solo: Strings, pizzicatoWoodwindHornsPredominantly minor tonalityLate 19th century - 1888 (late-Romantic style)Symphony - possibly opera / overture....Caesar Franck - also accept other stylistically similar European composers of the time (e.g. Sibelius, Dvorak, Faure, Ravel, Tchaikovsky).
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