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Nightscape

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Pieces using the highest C

on: July 16, 2005, 12:20:23 AM

What pieces do you know of that use the highest C on the piano?

Two come to mind for me - Rachmaninoff's 3rd concerto, and Scriabin's
"White Mass"piano sonata (no. 7).

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Etude

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Reply #1 on: July 16, 2005, 12:21:18 AM

1) Prokofiev first concerto

2) Sorabji - Fantasia from OC, it actually says C# in the score, but I think it was meant to be a natural, since the note does not exist on the piano

3) Le Jardin Parfume.

4) Prokofiev concerto no. 3

off the top of my head.

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Reply #2 on: July 16, 2005, 02:37:14 AM

Due to the piano limitations of 17th and 18th century i bet no piece written between those centuries uses the highest C.

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Reply #3 on: July 16, 2005, 03:15:20 AM

At least not for piano....

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Reply #4 on: July 16, 2005, 11:58:16 AM

I believe one of the Tcherepnin Bagatelles, Op. 5 uses the highest C.

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Re: Pieces using the highest C

Reply #5 on: July 16, 2005, 01:54:59 PM

Scriabin's 6th sonata even uses the D above the highest C.

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Reply #6 on: July 19, 2005, 05:24:30 PM

Mozart's La Tartine Beurree (sp.?)

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Reply #7 on: July 19, 2005, 05:25:18 PM

shosty's 2nd pc does it I believe

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Reply #8 on: July 20, 2005, 07:37:45 PM

Quote from: ckprbnh on July 16, 2005, 01:54:59 PM

Scriabin's 6th sonata even uses the D above the highest C.

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Reply #9 on: July 20, 2005, 08:47:40 PM

Quote from: ckprbnh on July 16, 2005, 01:54:59 PM

Scriabin's 6th sonata even uses the D above the highest C.

Yeah, what the...

It's on the last page in the descending chord passage in the RH.

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dinosaurtales

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Reply #10 on: July 20, 2005, 09:27:10 PM

Prokofiev Suggestione Diabolique from four Pieces Op 4.

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Re: Pieces using the highest C

Reply #11 on: July 20, 2005, 10:28:58 PM

Quote from: ckprbnh on July 16, 2005, 01:54:59 PM

Scriabin's 6th sonata even uses the D above the highest C.

I wonder if Koji knows whether that is for real, or a typo.

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Reply #12 on: July 21, 2005, 10:16:04 AM

villa-lobos 'Festa no sertao' has a nice lyrical section, where the left hand plays the melody and the right hand plays a river of notes on top of it. It goes all the way up to the highest C. And if I don't remember wrong, the following piece from this suite (ciclo brasileiro) uses the lowest A, but thats probably more common.

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