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The piano is often used to provide harmonic accompaniment to a voice or other instrument.However, solo parts for the piano are common in many musical styles. These can take the form of a section in which the piano is heard more prominently than other instruments, or in which the piano may be played entirely unaccompanied.
Metaludios (piano) Métopes; Minuet in G (Paderewski) Miscellaneous solo piano compositions (Rachmaninoff) Mists (Xenakis) Moment exotique; Morceaux de fantaisie; Morceaux de salon, Op. 10 (Rachmaninoff) List of solo piano compositions by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; Music for Piano (Cage) Music for the Dance No. 2; Music of Changes; Musica ricercata
In music, an instrumental solo piece (from the Italian: solo, meaning alone) is a composition, like an étude, solo sonata, partita, solo suite or impromptus, or an arrangement, written to be played by a single performer. [1] The performer is called a soloist. The instrumental solo pieces can be monophonic or polyphonic.
Ludwig van Beethoven wrote 2 Preludes through all 12 Major Keys, Op. 39 for piano (1789). [a] These two preludes each progressively traverse the 12 major keys. In Prelude No. 1, each key occupies from 2 to 26 bars. The keys of C# and Dâ™, which are enharmonically equivalent, are both represented. C major both opens and closes the set.
Trumpeter, bandleader and singer Louis Armstrong: as soloist.. In music, a solo (Italian for 'alone') is a piece or a section of a piece played or sung featuring a single performer, who may be performing completely alone or supported by an accompanying instrument such as a piano or organ, a continuo group (in Baroque music), or the rest of a choir, orchestra, band, or other ensemble.
Grand Concerto in D major, op.6 (1763), for one piano four-hands and orchestra; Carl Friedrich Abel. Concerto for harpsichord (or pianoforte), two violins and a cello in F major, op.11 No.1 (first printed in 1771) Concerto for harpsichord (or pianoforte), two violins and a cello in B flat major, op.11 No.2 (first printed in 1771)
It is a generic name for any composition for the instrument, but when used in a title (Piano Piece, Piece for Piano) the name is used to indicate a (usually) single-movement composition for solo piano that has not been given a more specific name (such as Sonatina, Allegro de concert or Le Bananier), for example:
In the stage musical adaption of The Lion King, "Chopsticks" can be heard in the song "Lioness' Hunt". [citation needed] In the episode "Blind Faith" Season 2 Episode 5 of Quantum Leap first aired November 1, 1989 Scott Bakula leaps into a blind piano player on stage just in time for the encore performance. Bakula plays "Chopsticks" amusing the ...