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m1469

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Who are the main composers who have contributed to piano literature ?

on: May 30, 2005, 12:54:27 AM

I am just thinking... are these the main composers for piano music? I mean, I know there are a bunch more, but are these guys the main ones? If I have overlooked or fogotten somebody, who is it?

Bach
Barber
Bartok
Beethoven
Brahms
Chopin
Clementi
Debussy
Grieg
Handel
Haydn
Kabalevsky
Liszt
Mendelssohn
Mozart
Prokofiev
Rachmaninov
Ravel
Scarlatti
Schubert
Schumann
Scriabin
Shostakovich
Tchaikovsky

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m1469

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Bob

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Re: Who are the main composers who have contributed to piano literature ?

Reply #1 on: May 30, 2005, 02:43:44 AM

Maybe more modern ones? Schoenberg? Cage?

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Re: Who are the main composers who have contributed to piano literature ?

Reply #2 on: May 30, 2005, 11:01:41 AM

If your Bach is not C P E Bach, i would add him.

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Re: Who are the main composers who have contributed to piano literature ?

Reply #3 on: May 30, 2005, 12:05:45 PM

kalkbrenner (chopins influence)

moscheles (a respected 19 century pianist and composer, i love his concertos)

cramer (beethoven was an admirer of his, his etudes sonatas concertos are superb)

dussek (a very inflencial and respected piano composer but like all early 19 century composers his woks were neglected after chopin, liszt and schumann came to the scene, his sonatas are very impressive and i read that his g minor concerto influenced chopin and moscheles among others)

busoni ( i don't really like his works)

medtner ( i have no idea why he's neglected)

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Re: Who are the main composers who have contributed to piano literature ?

Reply #4 on: May 30, 2005, 12:10:33 PM

ohh and how did i forget thalberg

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Reply #5 on: May 30, 2005, 07:19:42 PM

Quote from: klavierkonzerte on May 30, 2005, 12:10:33 PM

ohh and how did i forget thalberg

I am glad you didn't

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Re: Who are the main composers who have contributed to piano literature ?

Reply #6 on: May 30, 2005, 08:23:26 PM

anton rubenstien also wrote some very intresting piano music
did his brother write anything at all?

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