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Topic: Composers you wish wrote for the Piano (Read 1133 times)

opus43

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Composers you wish wrote for the Piano

on: April 26, 2016, 01:08:21 AM

Who are some composers that did not write piano music, but you wish they did?

My vote: Tartini

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rachmaninoff_forever

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Re: Composers you wish wrote for the Piano

Reply #1 on: April 26, 2016, 05:41:41 AM

Verdi

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ahinton

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Re: Composers you wish wrote for the Piano

Reply #2 on: April 26, 2016, 09:12:57 AM

One fundamental issue with this subject is whether composers who deliberately eschewed writing for the piano would have been any good at it if they'd not done so; I think it unwise not to bear that factor in mind when considering choosing particlar composers for this category.

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Alistair

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