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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:
Dame Elizabeth Violet Maconchy LeFanu DBE (/ m ə ˈ k ɒ ŋ k iː ˈ l ɛ f æ n uː /; 19 March 1907 – 11 November 1994) was an Irish-English composer. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] She is considered to be one of the finest composers Great Britain and Ireland have produced.
"Fire and Rain" is a song written and performed by American singer-songwriter James Taylor, released in August 1970 by Warner Bros. Records as the second single from Taylor's second studio album, Sweet Baby James. The song follows Taylor's reaction to the suicide of Suzanne Schnerr, a childhood friend, and his experiences with drug addiction ...
Pieces for piano four hands (1931) A Little Walk for piano four hands (1951) A Tale in Four Parts for piano 4-hands (1988) Carl Vine (1954) Sonata for piano four hands (2009) [3] Bruno Vlahek (1986) Sonata, Op. 21 (2008) Variations on a Croatian folk theme, Op. 38 (2013) Peter Warlock; Capriol Suite (1926) Charles Wuorinen (1938–2020) Making ...
Five Pieces for Cello and Piano, Op. 57; Five Pieces for Cello and Piano, Op. 58; Pablo Kunik "Bruma" Opus 9 for Cello and Piano (2022) Larysa Kuzmenko. Sonata for Cello and Piano, “A Dream Within A Dream” (1992)
Duet music for any two of the family still exists, and the bass, alone, was a popular solo instrument for pieces such as Woodycock. A small bass (or tenor-sized viol tuned as a bass) was often employed to play polyphonic music, Lyra-Way. When used in this fashion, the instrument was called lyra viol.
Heitor Villa-Lobos wrote a series of works called Bachianas Brasileiras, imitating the style of Bach [citation needed] Tchaikovsky wrote imitative piano pieces called Un poco di Schumann and Un poco di Chopin in his 18 Morceaux, Op. 72; also his Album des enfants, Op. 39, was subtitled 24 Children's Pieces à la Schumann
It was given no title by its copyist and the ownership of the manuscript before the eighteenth century is unclear. At the time The Fitzwilliam Virginal Book was put together most collections of keyboard music were compiled by performers and teachers: other examples include Will Forster's Virginal Book, Clement Matchett's Virginal Book, and Anne Cromwell's Virginal Book.