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Chamber Music Flute, Piccolo, Violin SKU: PR.144401430 For violin (Or Flute/Piccolo) and Guitar. Composed by David Leisner. Sws. Set of performance scores. With Standard notation. Composed 1982. 54+20+20 pages. Theodore Presser Company #144-40143. Published by Theodore Presser Company (PR.144401430). ISBN 9781491111147. UPC: 680160026050. 9x12 inches.The inspiration for this work was a lithograph by George Bellows titled Dance in a Madhouse. In it, four groups of asylum inmates are highlighted, and Leisner composed a dance for each. The movement titles clarify each of the scenes in the lithograph: I. Tango Solitaire, II. Waltz for the Old Folks, III. Ballad for the Lonely, and IV. Samba!