what is the saddest piano piece ever made?

[cubber]

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[gyzzzmo]

What do you mean with 'saddest'?
Incredibly crappy music, or wich makes you cry?

[mad_max2024]

In order to answer that I would have to hear all piano pieces ever made and then figure out a way to evaluate sadness in objective terms so I could grade them...

Sounds fun, but I'm rather busy right now

[shortyshort]

I think that ONE of the saddest pieces ever written is The Theme from the film "The Piano". It is called "The Heart Asks Pleasure First"
and it is lovely because the lady that plays it puts so much feeling and expression into it that it is truley wonderful.

Rebbyxx
P.S. ( shorty's step kid ) had to borrow his account for this one

[matraveo]

 ;)saddest...hmm....probably "Funeral March" by Frederic Chopin, i guess thats preety sad sounding?

[pianistimo]

brahms op. 118 #2  -  the op.118 set was the last thing clara was found playing.  although she was probably dreaming of one of robert's songs when she died.  anyways, i think brahms was a hopeless romantic and that he put a lot of emotion into the piece.  seems that he felt his heart stretched like a violin playing low to high.

[ted]

It is a purely personal reaction, I suppose, but Chaminade's "Au Pays Devaste" has a peculiarly saddening effect on me. It was certainly a cry from the heart for the composer herself. David Thomas Roberts's "Roberto Clemente" does much the same thing via a very different idiom.

Because of the personal and variable nature of sadness, I doubt any general answer to this question exists.   

[cygnusdei]

Contrapunctus XIV from BWV 1080.

[pianistimo]

will have to listen to that chaminade.  when i feel sad, that is. 

[steve jones]

I thought that Chopin's 3rd Sonata had some rather sad moments in the 3rd Movement.

I also find Mozart's slow movement from Nacht Musik pretty sad, especially considering its in a major key! Not sure if there is a piano version, but Id suspect so.

Wow, I have loads of sad pieces, but now that you ask me Im stumped!

Rachmaninov's Elegie has kind of dark sadness to it I think.

SJ

[drsmoo]

[teresa_b]

I think Brahms Op 117 nos 2 and 6 are much sadder than Op 18 no 2. 

I'm currently playing Beethoven PC 4, and if a concerto may be counted, I vote for the 2nd movement.

Teresa

[infectedmushroom]

https://download.yousendit.com/2ACF75633900649C


This makes me kinda sad.

[pianowolfi]

https://download.yousendit.com/2ACF75633900649C


This makes me kinda sad.

 

When you're sad anyway and then listen to sad music, does it get better? Me is undecided

[liszt-essence]

There are many sad pieces

But Chopin's prelude op 28 no 4 is by far the saddest imo

[guttenberg]

Liszt's Liebesträume.

Chopin's Ballade no.1 and some Nocturnes.

Schubert Impromptu no.3

[ganymed]

- "le moulin" by Yann tiersen is sadness pure

- "sadness and sorrow" , a theme song of the anime "naruto". This song is played at really depressing scenes its SO SAD

here you can listen to the theme and other arrangements of it:

 -Another depressing tune is the "hokages funeral song".
 You can listen to it here:  https://perso.orange.fr/muushi/midi/extra/Hokage's%20funeral.mid

( songs starts a little later ")

- also very sad is the piano piece named "Sadame" from the anime "X"

[pianowolfi]

I *love* sad pieces!!!!

[amitmis]

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There are some real sad pieces by Scriabin (I thing all he wrote was minoric).

In my opinion, "sad" is a matter of personal opinion. I heared some "happy", "majoric" pieces, that sounded really REALLY sad to me (like the beginning of the "Fantasie Impromptu" by Chopin, and a lot more from Chopin's repertoire).

Anyway - in my opinion, sad pieces are often better than the happy ones...

[amitmis]

There are some real sad pieces by Scriabin (I thing all he wrote was minoric).

In my opinion, "sad" is a matter of personal opinion. I heared some "happy", "majoric" pieces, that sounded really REALLY sad to me (like the beginning of the "Fantasie Impromptu" by Chopin, and a lot more from Chopin's repertoire).

Anyway - in my opinion, sad pieces are often better than the happy ones...

Oh yea - and there is, of course, Chopin's AMAZING Funeral March...

[cubber]

https://download.yousendit.com/2ACF75633900649C


This makes me kinda sad.

actually, i know how to play that piece ^_^, but that piece is rather beautiful/passionate , than sad imo

[slpctrl]

John Williams - Schindlers list piano theme

[lau]

it's not piano but can be very depressing: The edward scissorhands theme by danny elfman.

[burstroman]

Mozart: Rondo in a minor.
Khachaturian: Death of Spartacus

[cubber]

Anyway - in my opinion, sad pieces are often better than the happy ones...

I totally agree, the "sad" feeling is much stronger than the "happy" feeling