FTP, name this type of composition for a specific instrument, famous examples of which include Mendelssohn's in E minor and Beethoven's in D major.
Elgar's in B minor is unusual for having four movements instead of three, whereas Shostakovich's first one has a lengthy cadenza linking the third and fourth movements, a Passacaglia and Burlesque. Berg's was dedicated "to the memory of an angel"—the daughter of Alma Mahler and Walter Gropius—while Tchaikovsky's in D major was inspired by the complex polyrhythms of Lalo's Symphonie Espagnole. Mozart's fifth one is nicknamed "Turkish," and Brahms' in D major was written in consultation with the virtuoso Joseph Joachim. FTP, name this type of composition for a specific instrument, famous examples of which include Mendelssohn's in E minor and Beethoven's in D major.
Elgar's in B minor is unusual for having four movements instead of three, whereas Shostakovich's first one has a lengthy cadenza linking the third and fourth movements, a Passacaglia and Burlesque.
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