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Piano four hands (French: À quatre mains, German: Zu vier Händen, Vierhändig, Italian: a quattro mani) is a type of piano duet involving two players playing the same piano simultaneously. [1] A duet with the players playing separate instruments is generally referred to as a piano duo .
The Fantasia in F minor by Franz Schubert, D.940 (Op. posth. 103), for piano four hands (two players at one piano), is one of Schubert's most important works for more than one pianist and one of his most important piano works altogether. He composed it in 1828, the last year of his life.
The latter is more often referred to as a piano duo. [3] The piano duet came to popularity in the second half of the 18th century. Mozart played duets as a child with his sister, and later wrote sonatas for four hands at one piano; Schubert was another composer who composed for the genre, notably with his Fantasy in F minor, D. 940.
Jeux d'enfants ("Children's Games") Op. 22, is a suite of twelve miniatures composed by Georges Bizet for piano four hands in 1871. [1] The entire piece has a duration of about 20 to 23 minutes. Structure
A piece performed by two pianists performing together on the same piano is a "piano duet" or "piano four hands". [1] A piece for two pianists performing together on separate pianos is a "piano duo". "Duet" is also used as a verb for the act of performing a musical duet, or colloquially as a noun to refer to the performers of a duet.
The Three Marches Militaires, Op. 51, D. 733, are pieces in march form written for piano four-hands by Franz Schubert. The first of the three is far more famous than the others. It is one of Schubert's most famous compositions, and it is often simply referred to as "Schubert's Marche militaire".
Allegro Brillant, Op. 92, MWV T 4 is a composition written for Piano four hands by Felix Mendelssohn consisting of a theme in A major, written in 1841 and dedicated to Clara Schumann. [1] The expressive Andante theme alternates between the Secondo and Primo, segueing into the virtuosic Allegro assai vivace movement with a rush of scales.
Franz Schubert composed the Fantasie in C major nicknamed the Wanderer Fantasy for solo piano and the Fantasia in F minor for piano four hands. Three works by Chopin belong in the genre: The Fantaisie in F minor, Op. 49 , the Polonaise-Fantaisie in A ♭ major, Op. 61 , and the Fantaisie-Impromptu in C ♯ minor, Op. posth.