The intimate character pieces are his most personal work.

What distinguishes character pieces is the specificity of the idea they invoke.

At World's End was meant to return it tonally to a character piece.

Beyond it, Schumann changes from character piece to virtuoso display.

Bach wrote several character pieces which were often grouped together and published as a set.

Modest, measured movement allows them to be touching character pieces.

"I had to always approach this as a character piece, of ordinary women doing extraordinary things," he said.

The subtle difference is that a few years ago, studios bought character pieces only after a major star or director had committed to the project.

His metier was the character piece at which he excelled.

She wrote mostly character pieces for piano, and salon songs, almost all of which were published.