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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:
A bagatelle is a short piece of music, typically for the piano, and usually of a light, mellow character.The name bagatelle literally means "a short unpretentious instrumental composition" as a reference to the light style of a piece.
Piano Symphony No. 6 (Symphonia claviensis) Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji 4¾ hours 270 (manuscript) [6] [19] [20] A3 Premiered by Jonathan Powell. [19] Piano Symphony No. 4 Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji 4½ hours 240 (manuscript) A3 Premiered by Reinier van Houdt. [21] [22] [23] Opus clavicembalisticum: Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji 4 hours
Achieving this goal requires an absolutely steady tempo for the duration of the piece, which Johnson has set at quarter note = 59.225 beats per minute. The only recording that is exactly sixty minutes long was released by the Irritable Hedgehog label and performed by R. Andrew Lee. [2] An Hour for Piano is deceptively simple, with six basic ...
Live looping is the recording and playback of a piece of music in real-time [1] using either dedicated hardware devices, called loopers or phrase samplers, or software running on a computer with an audio interface. Musicians can loop with either looping software or loop pedals, which are sold for tabletop and floor-based use.
Franz Liszt: one for solo piano entitled En rêve ('In a dream' or 'While dreaming'), another for solo piano entitled Pensées ('Thoughts'), plus his collection of three Liebesträume (Love Dreams), a series of three Notturnos, of which no.3 is the most famous, Les cloches de Genève: Nocturne (The Bells of Geneva: Nocturne) in B major
ORGAN 2 /ASLSP (As Slow as Possible) is a musical piece by John Cage and the subject of the second-longest-lasting (after Longplayer) musical performance yet undertaken. [1] Cage wrote it in 1987 for organ, as an adaptation of his 1985 composition ASLSP for piano. A performance of the piano version usually lasts 20 to 70 minutes. [2]
An elaborate variation on this piece, "Lesson One", was a hit in 1962 for pianist Russ Conway. [4] Danish pianist Bent Fabric released a jazz -influenced version in 1963 as "Chicken Feed". [ 5 ] The piece becomes even easier to play in piano four hands arrangements , but there are also quite virtuosic versions of such arrangements.