Pieces that require you to hit or hammer the piano

[quantum]

Pieces that require you to hit or hammer the piano. 

Let's start a list.

[jre58591]

hit or hammer as in what? in what sense?

[pianistimo]

it doesn't have to be a piece, per se.  it could be that your particular piano has humidity problems and various keys stick.

[dnephi]

Bartok wants that harsh tone. 

"The Piano's a Beast! Beat it into submission!  Break its teeth out!"

[pita bread]

I'll start by stating the obvious:

Stravinsky - Petrushka

[quantum]

hit or hammer as in what? in what sense?

Like indications in the score that require you to hammer at the keys.  Harsh tone, violent playing, etc.

[pianistimo]

several of prokofiev's pc's.

[bella musica]

Not sure if this is quite what you're looking for, but The Poltergeist by William Bolcom has a part where you have to play with your forearm...

[maxy]

the legendary "col pugno" in Prokofiev's 6th sonata. 

[quantum]

Not sure if this is quite what you're looking for, but The Poltergeist by William Bolcom has a part where you have to play with your forearm...

I like this stuff too 

[invictious]

All of my compositions.

[avetma]

Mussorgsky requires that kind of tone often.

[bench warmer]

Grainger's "Cakewalk Smasher"  also called "In Dahomey"

Here's a few directives from the score: LH hammered,   (1234) bunched on each b-note,  slide with fist on black keys, violently

[jre58591]

there's one part in ives's concord sonata where he says to make a fist and punch teh piano keys.

[steveie986]

the legendary "col pugno" in Prokofiev's 6th sonata. 

This is the correct answer.

[infectedmushroom]

Scriabin - Vers La Flamme

[minor9th]

Numerous Ornstein pieces.

[mikey6]

Someone wrote a piece called 'piece for fists'

[rapmasterb]

Where exactly is the "col pugno" section in the Prokofiev sonata?

[quantum]

Someone wrote a piece called 'piece for fists'

I'd be interested, if you could remember the name

[nortti]

Where exactly is the "col pugno" section in the Prokofiev sonata?

About two pages into the development of the 1st movement. A [F-G-A-B] cluster with the right hand (twice) and then a [F#-G#-A#] cluster with the left. I like playing this part of the sonata very much

[sharon_f]

The second dance in Ginastera's Suite Danzas de Criollas.

[jre58591]

ornstein - danse sauvage

[arensky]

Grainger's "Cakewalk Smasher"  also called "In Dahomey"

Here's a few directives from the score: LH hammered,   (1234) bunched on each b-note,  slide with fist on black keys, violently

Sounds fun!

My favorite piece of this sort is "Tiger", by Henry Cowell.

[bench warmer]

Cakewalk Smasher is fun to play and listen to. There are a few technical hurdles in it, but it's a great concert rag.

Here's a link to  Hamelin playing a snippet (its last on the playlist)

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000002ZY3/sr=8-1/qid=1156712098/ref=pd_bbs_1/102-1155796-5348947?ie=UTF8

[nitrocan]

some parts in chopins sonata no2 op35