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Sergei Prokofiev set about composing his Piano Concerto No. 1 in D-flat major, Op. 10, in 1911, and finished it the next year. The shortest of all his concertos, it is in one movement, about 15 minutes in duration, and dedicated to the “dreaded Tcherepnin .” [ 1 ]
A concert piece (German: Konzertstück; French: pièce de concert, also morceau de concert) is a musical composition, in most cases in one movement, intended for performance in a concert. Usually it is written for one or more virtuoso instrumental soloists and orchestral or piano accompaniment. [1]
A concerto (/ k ə n ˈ tʃ ɛər t oʊ /; plural concertos, or concerti from the Italian plural) is, from the late Baroque era, mostly understood as an instrumental composition, written for one or more soloists accompanied by an orchestra or other ensemble.
Piano Concerto No. 1 refers to the first piano concerto published by one of a number of composers: Piano Concerto No. 1 (Bartók) (Sz. 83), by Béla Bartók; Piano Concerto No. 1 (Beethoven) (Op. 15), by Ludwig van Beethoven; Piano Concerto No. 1 (Brahms) (Op. 15), by Johannes Brahms; Piano Concerto No. 1 (Chopin) (Op. 11), by Frédéric Chopin
Tchaikovsky revised the concerto three times, the last in 1888, which is the version usually played. One of the most prominent differences between the original and final versions is that in the opening section, the chords played by the pianist, over which the orchestra plays the main theme, were originally written as arpeggios. Tchaikovsky also ...
The concerto is in one movement, but is broken into seven distinct sections. Each tells a different part of the story of the Butterfly Lovers. Some of the melodies come from the Chinese Opera of the same name or from traditional Chinese folk songs. The solo violin of the concerto is symbolic of Zhu Yingtai, the story's protagonist, and the ...
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Sergei Rachmaninoff composed his Piano Concerto No. 1 in F ♯ minor, Op. 1, in 1891, at age 17–18 (the first two movements were completed while he was still 17; the third movement and the orchestration were completed shortly after he had turned 18). He dedicated the work to Alexander Siloti. He revised the work thoroughly in 1917.