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Topic: Top 5 Best Piano Songs of All Time  (Read 261155 times)

Offline dedalus89

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Re: Top 5 Best Piano Songs of All Time
Reply #50 on: December 07, 2023, 06:50:41 PM
I mean the words song and piece really do have a distinctive meaning with all songs being pieces (even pop songs) but not all pieces being songs.  When I read the title I thought it was talking about songs with piano-- that is, piano and a singer

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Re: Top 5 Best Piano Songs of All Time
Reply #51 on: December 08, 2023, 12:39:02 AM
I mean the words song and piece really do have a distinctive meaning with all songs being pieces (even pop songs) but not all pieces being songs.  When I read the title I thought it was talking about songs with piano-- that is, piano and a singer
5.  The C-C# leitmotif of "Jaws"
4.  Chopsticks
3.  Heart & Soul
2.  that black-key-only knuckle thing
1.  4'33"
Well I mean does this look serious? If it is, what a great, hilarious list of favorite pieces. It's amazing that you can maintain such a well-rounded list.
last 3 schubert sonatas and piano trios are something else

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Re: Top 5 Best Piano Songs of All Time
Reply #52 on: February 26, 2024, 04:06:12 PM
In no particular order:
Reflets Dans L'eau (Debussy)
Grand Galop Chromatique (Liszt)
La Campanella (Liszt)
Ballade no. 1 (Chopin)
Petrushka mvt. 1 (Stravinsky)
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