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| | The Classical Free-Reed, Inc, The Classical Bayan |
 | | Her works for bayan are De Profundis (1978); Seven Words (1982) for bayan, violoncello and strings; Et exspecto (1986), a sonata in five movements, Silenzio (1992) for bayan, violin and violoncello, In Croce (1992) for cello and bayan (originally written for cello and organ), and Zeitgestalten. |
 | | The degree of respect accorded to the bayan by Soviet composers and audiences is, to a large extent, unheard of in the West. |
 | | In fact, the bayan was specifically promoted as the preferred instrument of choice for village social functions such as weddings and dances; the piano, harmonium, organ (as well as the piano-accordion) 11 were considered to be too bourgeois, too Western. |
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