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Topic: 2-, 3-, and 4-piano concertos (Read 1335 times)

pianohopper

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2-, 3-, and 4-piano concertos

on: October 10, 2005, 03:34:47 AM

What I want to know is, how do the parts fit together? I Know Mozart & Bach wrote some of these. Does each pianist play the same part, or is it all different? How does it fit together? And is it purely coincidence that pianos fit together so well?

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Dazzer

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Re: 2-, 3-, and 4-piano concertos

Reply #1 on: October 10, 2005, 02:31:48 PM

they all play different parts.

an example of a 2 piano concerto is Poulenc's concerto for ... 2 pianos, amazingly.