What even is the "Standard Repertoire?"

[russmpiano]

So alongside being a pianist, I also play the trombone. Jeremy Wilson, the trombone professor at Vanderbilt, has a series on YouTube called the "Standard Rep Project" where he...records the entire trombone standard repertoire (it's pretty self explanatory). The trombone standard repertoire is pretty well identified.

Which led me to this question. What works (or I guess more accurately what Composers) are included in the standard repertoire? Obviously Chopin, Beethoven, Liszt, etc. But what about Janacek? Poulenc? Hindemith? Kabalevsky? C.P.E Bach?

If this is already a standard list then I would love access to that. If not, I'd like to definitely make it more rigorous.

[rachmaninoff_forever]

1000% dependent on who the audience is.  Like I’m sure there’s some people who would say some of the less famous Beethoven sonatas aren’t standard rep, but someone like me thinks Ligeti is standard rep lol

[cuberdrift]

So alongside being a pianist, I also play the trombone. Jeremy Wilson, the trombone professor at Vanderbilt, has a series on YouTube called the "Standard Rep Project" where he...records the entire trombone standard repertoire (it's pretty self explanatory). The trombone standard repertoire is pretty well identified.

Which led me to this question. What works (or I guess more accurately what Composers) are included in the standard repertoire? Obviously Chopin, Beethoven, Liszt, etc. But what about Janacek? Poulenc? Hindemith? Kabalevsky? C.P.E Bach?

If this is already a standard list then I would love access to that. If not, I'd like to definitely make it more rigorous.

As per the famous teacher on this forum I forgot the name of: Bach's WTC, the Chopin études, and the 32 Beethoven Sonatas.

[russmpiano]

As per the famous teacher on this forum I forgot the name of: Bach's WTC, the Chopin études, and the 32 Beethoven Sonatas.

That’s it?!

[dnak441]

Yeah I disagree. I'd even argue some Beethoven sonatas aren't standard rep. Plus there's so much other repertoire missing.

Without concertos I think I would add the Bach partitas and suites, Mozart and Haydn sonatas, Beethoven variations, Schubert impromptus, sonatas, and the Wanderer; Chopin ballades, scherzi, Op. 28 Preludes, sonatas no 2 and 3, Barcarolle, Polonaise Fantasie, and nocturnes; Schumann sonatas, Carnival, Kinderszenen, Fantasie Op. 17, Kreisleriana, Symphonic Etudes, Davidsbundlertanze, Faschingsschwank; Liszt Transcendental Etudes, B minor sonata, Hungarian Rhapsodies, Mephisto Waltz No. 1, Dante sonata, and La Campanella from the Paganini etudes; Brahms variations, sonatas, intermezzi; Mendelssohn Variations Serieuses, Liede ohne Worte; Rachmaninoff sonatas, preludes, Etudes-Tableaux, Corelli Variations, Moment Musicaux; Scriabin sonatas 2, 4, 5, 9, preludes; Prokofiev sonatas 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, Visions Fugitives, Toccata; Ravel Gaspard, Miroirs, Tombeau, Jeaux d'eau, Sonatine, La Valse; Debussy Suite Bergamese, Deux Arabesques, Estampes, Images, Preludes, Etudes...

Am I forgetting anything else that gets regularly programmed? Obviosly I omitted many many masterworks and some of my favourite pieces but they don't get regularly played or taught.

[dizzyfingers]

So alongside being a pianist, I also play the trombone. Jeremy Wilson, the trombone professor at Vanderbilt, has a series on YouTube called the "Standard Rep Project" where he...records the entire trombone standard repertoire (it's pretty self explanatory). The trombone standard repertoire is pretty well identified.

Which led me to this question. What works (or I guess more accurately what Composers) are included in the standard repertoire? Obviously Chopin, Beethoven, Liszt, etc. But what about Janacek? Poulenc? Hindemith? Kabalevsky? C.P.E Bach?

If this is already a standard list then I would love access to that. If not, I'd like to definitely make it more rigorous.

There would be different lists of standard pieces based on level:  intermediate, lower advanced, advanced, very advanced, is one way to look at it.  There would also be different lists from a listening perspective.

All these lists are a search away.  With the current embedded AI components you'll get some added information about the pieces as well. 

The number of "standard" piano pieces is probably 10+ times that of trombone, so you'll need to fine tune your searching a bit to zero in on what you're looking for.  Let us know the list you come up with that seems suitable for your level and we can add our feedback based on our experience as pianists and teachers.