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The Sei pezzi per pianoforte ('Six pieces for piano'), assigned catalogue number P 044, is a set of six solo piano pieces composed by the Italian composer Ottorino Respighi between 1903 and 1905. These predominantly salonesque pieces are eclectic, drawing influence from different musical styles and composers, particularly music of earlier periods. The pieces have various musical forms and were composed separately and later published together between 1905 and 1907 in a set under the same title for editorial reasons; Respighi had not composed them as a suite, and therefore did not intend to have uniformity among the pieces. Styles present in the set include Baroque, Impressionism, Classicism, and Romanticism. The set, under Bongiovanni, became his first published work. Five of the six pieces are derived from earlier works by Respighi, and only one of them, the "Canone", has an extant manuscript. (Full article...)