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Kassia

Kassia

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Kassia, Cassia, Kassiane, or Kassiani was a Byzantine-Greek composer, hymnographer and poet. She holds a unique place in Byzantine music as the only known woman whose music appears in the Byzantine liturgy. Approximately fifty of her hymns are extant, most of which are stichera, though at least 26 have uncertain attribution. The authenticity issues are due to many hymns being anonymous, and others ascribed to different authors in different manuscripts. She was an abbess of a convent in the west of Constantinople.

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    Passacaglia, Suite No. 7 in G Minor, HWV 432/6 (Modern Piano Solo Version)

    Passacaglia, Suite No. 7 in G Minor, HWV 432/6

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    G Minor Bach (from "Piano Tiles 2") (Sad & Emotional Piano Version)

    G Minor Bach (from "Piano Tiles 2") (Sad & Emotional Piano Version)

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    Carol of the Bells

    Carol of the Bells

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    Tempest Sonata 3rd Movement (Piano Sonata No. 17 in D Minor, Op. 31, No. 2: III. Allegretto)

    Tempest Sonata 3rd Movement (Piano Sonata No. 17 in D Minor, Op. 31, No. 2: III. Allegretto)

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    Waldstein Sonata 1st Movement (Piano Sonata No. 21 in C Major, Op. 53: I. Allegro con brio)

    Waldstein Sonata 1st Movement (Piano Sonata No. 21 in C Major, Op. 53: I. Allegro con brio)

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    Czardas (Piano Solo Version)

    Czardas (Piano Solo Version)

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    Italian Polka (Piano Solo Version)

    Italian Polka

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    Libertango

    Libertango

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    Passacaglia (Sad & Emotional Piano Version)

    Passacaglia (Sad & Emotional Piano Version)

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    Waltz in A Minor, B. 150, Op. Posth.

    Waltz in A Minor, B. 150, Op. Posth.

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