Question: Excursions, Op. 20, is the first published solo piano piece by a composer born in what year?
Sentence (from "Concerto for Solo Piano (Alkan)"): The pieces are part of a 12 piece cycle entitled "Douze études dans tous les tons mineurs" (12 Studies in the Minor Keys), published in 1857 (although it may have been written some years earlier).
Relevant evidence: No