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In this piano piece that first, many-times repeated note becomes the F ♯, which is followed by a downward leap with a crescendo to the low G, An adaptation of the scale-like figure then fills in the descending seventh. The Eve formula, now richly ornamented, similarly exchanges notes so that its originally rising major third, C to E, instead ...
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:
Chopin at 25, by Maria Wodzińska, 1835. Most of Chopin's compositions were for solo piano, although he did compose two piano concertos (his concertos No. 1 and No. 2 are two of the romantic piano concerto repertoire's most often-performed pieces) as well as some other music for ensembles.
Sonata for Piano Four-Hands in D major, Op. 89 [13] Sonata for Viola and Piano in F minor, Op. 49 (written 1855, published 1857) Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 1 in G major, Op. 13 [14] Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 2 in A minor, Op. 19 [15] Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 3 in B minor, Op. 98; Three Character Pieces for Piano Four-Hands, Op ...
Pieces like the "2d Mephisto-Waltz" are shocking with nearly endless repetitions of short motives. Also characteristic are the Via crucis of 1878 as well as pieces such as the two Lugubrious Gondolas, Unstern! and Nuages gris of the 1880s. Besides eccentricities of such kinds, Liszt still made transcriptions of works by other composers.
Many classical compositions belong to a numbered series of works of a similar type by the same composer. For example, Beethoven wrote 9 symphonies, 10 violin sonatas, 32 piano sonatas, 5 piano concertos, 16 string quartets, 7 piano trios and other works, all of which are numbered sequentially within their genres and generally referred to by their sequence numbers, keys and opus numbers.
D. 366 No. 17 for piano solo is the same Ländler as D. 814 No. 1 for piano duet; #17 in Brahms' set is a piano solo arr. of D. 814 No. 1, though markedly different from Schubert's piano solo version D. 366 No. 17; published 1869 A. deest: Christoph Willibald Gluck: Paride ed Elena: Gavotte in A major (arr. by JB) piano 4-hands [4] published 1901
Op. 56, Studies in the Form of Canons for Organ or Pedal Piano (Etuden in kanonischer Form für Orgel oder Pedalklavier) (1845; also known in arrangements for piano trio) Op. 58, Sketches for Organ or Pedal Piano (Skizzen für Orgel oder Pedalklavier) (1845) Op. 60, 6 Fugues on B–A–C–H for organ or pedal piano (1845)