The Repertoire Board, in short

[steinwayguy]

Do you any of you realize that there is other music than:

1. La Campanella
2. Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2
3. "Heroic" Polonaise
4. Fantasie-Impromptu
5. "Waldstein" Sonata
6. Opus Clavicembalisticum
7. The "Dante" Sonata
8. Totentanz
9. Anything by Alkan
10. Rachmaninoff's Second Sonata
11. Saint-Saen's Second Concerto
12. The Chopin Etudes


Yeah, I mean, these pieces are great, but, they definitely don't deserve the amount of attention they get on this forum. A new thread is started about La Campanella every two days; Fantaisie-Impromptu every three days. And don't even get me started on Opus Clavicembalisticum. Geez. And Alkan isn't exactly Schubert.

And I dont' want to even talk about the guy who had been playing for three months and already mastered Fur Elise and he wanted to go onto Fantaisie-Impromptu right after! That's just plain ridiculous.

[dinosaurtales]

You mean there's MORE MUSIC??  WoW!     

like what? 

gosh!   

[MarkFour]

Wow, man.  

Thanks.  Does that mean I could play something between John Thompson 1 and the Fantast/Impromptu?

You mean we ALL could?!?!?!?

[fred smalls]

Do you any of you realize that there is other music than:

     This is a thread, that if mikeyg had moderator status, I would let him take down without any hesitation.  This is not what piano forum needs.  Sure, people talk about these pieces alot, because they're famous and overplayed.  WHO CARES!  Who do you think is overplaying them?  Definately not jazz flutists.  People who are bored of them, just stay away from the threads on them.  Thats what I do.

Fred Smalls

(PS: We could do with a little less on la campanella... and that FS guy was bull...)

[apion]

Sure, people talk about these pieces alot, because they're famous and overplayed.  WHO CARES!  Who do you think is overplaying them? 

At the same time, it would be nice if new threads refrained from reguritating the same topics that were posted only a week or two earlier .........   

[wintervind]

Can we add the Rach concertos to your list? (at least 2 an 3)

[Sergey R]

If you don't like these overplayed pieces, don't go into the topics. Simple as that.

[steinwayguy]

If you don't like these overplayed pieces, don't go into the topics. Simple as that.

There are hardly any other topics to go into.

[nanabush]

I admit I talk about these lots, but what steinwayguy listed is a whole bunch of pieces... it'll come up sometime, so if someone posts them, don't be like OOO UR TALKING ABOUT FI, just don't post there...make your own post about something different if your fed up..

[maul]

New members don't know what's discussed every other day. They come to discuss what they are currently working on, or a piece they are interested in. The majority of people are interested in popular pieces like the ones you listed. Duh. Ignore the topics if you don't like them. Not everyone knows everything about everything and is a super virtuoso as you are *sarcasm*.  Your whining isn't going to change anything. It just adds to the obvious notion that your ego needs some checking.

[contrapunctus]

New members don't know what's discussed every other day. They come to discuss what they are currently working on, or a piece they are interested in. The majority of people are interested in popular pieces like the ones you listed. Duh. Ignore the topics if you don't like them. Not everyone knows everything about everything and is a super virtuoso as you are *sarcasm*.  Your whining isn't going to change anything. It just adds to the obvious notion that your ego needs some checking.

exactly

[musicsdarkangel]

steinwayguy, better recycled threads than a deadforum.


I used to think the same way you do, but then I realized, if it weren't for these recycled threads, we wouldn't have as many users, thus less nonrecycled threads, and less pianoforum.net


just a thought

[fred smalls]

New members don't know what's discussed every other day. They come to discuss what they are currently working on, or a piece they are interested in. The majority of people are interested in popular pieces like the ones you listed. Duh. Ignore the topics if you don't like them. Not everyone knows everything about everything and is a super virtuoso as you are *sarcasm*.  Your whining isn't going to change anything. It just adds to the obvious notion that your ego needs some checking.

I love you.  (Truely, this is my opinion exactly.)
Maybe this pointless reply will get this thread torn down...

[rob47]

9. Anything by Alkan

If you ask me there's not enough post's about Alkan on the rep board.

[Sergey R]

There are hardly any other topics to go into.

Make your own topics then about what interests you.

[pseudopianist]

There are hardly any other topics to go into.

Lucky you then. More time for practise

[mikeyg]

LIKE, OMG!  DID YOU KNOW THERE WERE OTHER THINGS TO DO THAN COMPLAIN ABOUT THE REPERTOIRE BOARD!?!?!?!?!?

STUNNER!!!

[mikeyg]

REFERENCE

[Glyptodont]

Darn it!   I was hoping to post on Giovanni Gabrieli's horn concertos -- transcribed for four-hands piano.

Perhaps your concern about the narrow repertoire is actually a comment on piano pedagogy. 

If one looks at lesson books and "grade books," it is like the neck of a funnel.

How many have "Fur Elise"?  How many have "Soldier's March?"  You get the idea.

Suzuki Method is even worse.  It is so rigid! One must master each piece flawlessly before moving on.  There are whole camps with hundreds of kids who are all playing the same thing.

Bear in mind-- there are OCEANS of good piano pieces out there.  Oceans of them!  But they rarely get played because everyone is playing Fantasie Impromptu (or the others you name).

One hesitates to be too critical or "bitchy" about this because many who are being drawn into these overworn pieces are young pianists who are following the guidance of their teachers. 

Perhaps teachers press these pieces on their students because there's a stragetic advantage to playing some of these pieces for competitions.  Judges know them, judges know they are HARD, etc etc

Good topic !