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Title: A "cool", short, showy, encore-like, not-so-difficult, slightly-obscure piece
Post by: frederic on December 01, 2005, 10:56:27 AM: And is 20th/21st century.

Any pieces that best fit these descriptions?
Title: Re: A "cool", short, showy, encore-like, not-so-difficult, slightly-obscure piece
Post by: pizno on December 01, 2005, 02:03:01 PM: How about a Scriabin Prelude? Some of them are quite flashy, fast and big, and short.
Title: Re: A "cool", short, showy, encore-like, not-so-difficult, slightly-obscure piec
Post by: pabst on December 01, 2005, 05:34:12 PM: Camargo Guarnieri, brazilian composer
Prelude (Ponteio) number 49 for piano
(sorryfor the awful sound quality)

https://rapidshare.de/files/8443489/Guarnieri_prelude49.mp3.html

i can scan the sheets if u want
Title: Re: A "cool", short, showy, encore-like, not-so-difficult, slightly-obscure piece
Post by: gonzalo on December 01, 2005, 05:40:32 PM: The 2nd etude de virtuosite by Moszkowski is perfect
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Post by: etudes on December 01, 2005, 06:47:44 PM: Poulenc Presto!
Takacs Toccata
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Post by: pianistimo on December 01, 2005, 07:47:10 PM: saint-saen's toccata (sounds like ragtime, actually) the thirds are killers, until you get used to them.
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Post by: amanfang on December 01, 2005, 09:19:16 PM: How about the 3rd prelude from Kent Kennan's Three Prelude's?
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Post by: stevie on December 01, 2005, 09:21:28 PM: fazil say - paganini vars
Title: Re: A "cool", short, showy, encore-like, not-so-difficult, slightly-obscure piec
Post by: kreso on December 01, 2005, 10:44:51 PM: Why dont you try Bemblee Bee in Rachmaninov's transcription?
It's not so difficult, it's very fast and atractive and the public always want to hear that!! ;)
Title: Re: A "cool", short, showy, encore-like, not-so-difficult, slightly-obscure piece
Post by: whynot on December 01, 2005, 11:03:39 PM: Medtner op 26 #2 (one of the Fairy Tale sets). Molto vivace, 1-1/2 min long, visually flashy--goes all over the place. Not easy at the suggested tempo, but exciting to play and hear, accessible to the listener (not "out there"). And pretty obscure. You will definitely not catch anyone humming along.
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Post by: burstroman on December 05, 2005, 12:41:18 AM: Allegro Barbaro, Bartok
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Post by: ted on December 05, 2005, 08:14:21 PM: "Bucktown Buck" by Frank French
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Post by: burstroman on December 08, 2005, 04:45:28 AM: "Malambo", by Ginastera.
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Post by: iumonito on December 08, 2005, 06:44:40 AM: Stravinsky Etude Op. 7 # 4.
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Post by: pita bread on December 08, 2005, 07:15:01 AM: Quote from: iumonito on December 08, 2005, 06:44:40 AM
Stravinsky Etude Op. 7 # 4.

Not so difficult?
Title: Re: A "cool", short, showy, encore-like, not-so-difficult, slightly-obscure piece
Post by: arensky on December 08, 2005, 07:27:43 AM: Gershwin's Three Preludes, particularly #3; it's more obscure than the first two....
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Post by: iumonito on December 08, 2005, 02:39:36 PM: Quote from: pita bread on December 08, 2005, 07:15:01 AM
Not so difficult?

Absolutely. The thing practically plays itself. I'd say you can learn it in 40 to 60 hours of practice.
Title: Re: A "cool", short, showy, encore-like, not-so-difficult, slightly-obscure piece
Post by: sonatainfsharp on December 10, 2005, 07:53:25 PM: Based on the time of year, there are many really good x-mas arrangements/medleys that fit that description. A few years ago, I heard a girl play a piece that sounded so difficult, but when she showed me the score, it was certainly sight-readable. (She had only played through it a few times herself.) I have no idea who the arranger is, though; it was some obscure dude that probably works for HL or WB as a staff arranger that no one hears about.