I purposely didn’t include some of the “famous” pieces like Fur Elise and Canon in D. You’ll find the more you listen, the more motivated you are to practice. If you become familiar with this list you’ll have learned enough to do well in most undergraduate piano literature classes. The point of this list is to give you a starting point on finding music to listen and learn about for the piano. Remember, there is so much piano literature that it would take a large database to categorize it all. Mendelssohn – Piano Concertos No.1 and No.2.Domenico Scarlatti – 555 Keyboard Sonatas (All 555 are rarely played).Here I will list a few pieces by composers that had a couple of “hits” in piano repertoire, but a lot of their other piano music isn’t played as often. It doesn’t mean their music is bad or they didn’t write a lot, they just for whatever reason aren’t played as often. Some composers just aren’t played as often as other composers. Notable Pieces or Collections by other Composers The pieces on the list are primarily those that are often performed publicly. After familiarizing yourself with a lot of music you’ll begin to know for yourself how hard a piece is for you without some arbitrary rating. It’s not about finding music you want to play. The point of this list is to help familiarize you with piano literature. I’m not going to rank these pieces by difficulty. The composers listed are in order of birth. Instead I would like to break down the staples of the repertoire and let you know what you need to focus your listening on if you don’t have a lot of experience with piano music. There is so much piano repertoire out there that just listing everything would not be very helpful. Notable Pieces or Collections by other Composers.
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