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Sheet music suggestions

[details ←] Collected Works for Piano (score) Piano,
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[details ←] Partita, Op. 67 (extra full score)
[details ←] Partita, Op. 67 (score and set)
[details ←] Partita, Op. 69 (score and set)
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[details ←] Concerto for Harpsichord in G (Bethan) - set of parts Harpsichord,
[details ←] Concerto for Piano in D, Kinsky Anh. 7 [1 movement only] - full score Piano, Percussion,
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[details ←] Concerto for Piano in D, Kinsky Anh. 7 [1 movement only] - solo part Piano, Percussion,
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Modern composers
Chinese composers
American composers

It is sometimes hard to tell when to call a composer modern, as opposed to Romantic. In general you can say that the Moder Eara in music started around the year 1900. However, many composers continued to write pieces in a romantic fashion long after that.

Composers that were born in China, or gained the Chinese nationality.

Composers that were born in the USA, or gained the American nationality.

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