Keyboard Repertoire and Style Periods

Masterworks List of Significant and Representative Keyboard Repertoire – Solo and Concerto Literature

 Baroque Era

Bach, Johann Sebastian

  • Two-Part Inventions
  • Three-Part Inventions
  • French Suites
  • English Suites
  • Partitas
  • Toccatas
  • Well-tempered Clavier
  • Italian Concerto
  • French Overture
  • Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue

Scarlatti, Domenico

  • Sonatas (grouping of contrasting character and tempo)

Handel, Georg Frideric

  • Suites (complete)

Soler, Antonio

  • Sonatas (grouping of contrasting character and tempo)

 Classical Era

Haydn, Joseph

  • Variations:
  • Arietta Variations in A Major, Arietta Variations in E-flat Major
  • Andante Variations in C Major, Andante Variations in F Minor
  • Sonatas:
  • A Major, Hob. XVI/12, C Major, Hob. XVI/21, F Major, Hob. XVI/23
  • B-flat Major, Hob. XVI/24, G Major, Hob. XVI/27, E-flat Major, Hob. XVI/28
  • E Minor, Hob. XVI/34, D Major, Hob. XVI/37, A-flat Major, Hob. XVI/43
  • E-flat Major, Hob. XVI/49

 

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus

Pieces:

  • Rondo in A Minor, K. 511
  • Rondo in D Major, K. 485
  • Adagio in B Minor, K. 540
  • Variations:
  • Nine Variations (Lison dormait), K. 264
  • Twelve Variations on a Minuet by Fischer, K. 179
  • Six Variations on “Mio Caro Adone” by Salieri, K. 180
  • Six Variations on “Salve tu Domine” by Pasiello, K. 398
  • Twelve Variations (Allegretto), K. 500

Sonatas:

  • B-flat Major, K. 281, D Major, K. 284, C Major, K. 309
  • D Major, K. 311, C Major, K. 330, A Major, K. 331
  • F Major, K. 332, B-flat Major, K. 333, F Major, K. 533/494
  • B-flat Major, K. 570

Beethoven, Ludwig van

Pieces:

  • Bagatelles, Op. 119 and Op. 126
  • Rondos
  • Variations:
  • Thirty-two Variations in C Minor, WoO80

Sonatas:

  • F Minor, Op. 2, No. 1, C Major, Op. 2, No. 3, C Minor, Op. 10, No. 1
  • F Major, Op. 10, No. 2, D Major, Op. 10, No. 3, C Minor, Op. 13
  • E Major, Op. 14, No. 1, B-flat Major, Op. 22, A-flat Major, Op. 26
  • E-flat Major, Op. 27, No. 2, G Major, Op. 31, No. 1, E-flat Major, Op. 31, No. 3
  • E Minor, Op. 90

19th Century

Schubert, Franz

  • Impromptus, Op. 90
  • Impromptus, Op. 142
  • Wanderer Fantasy, Op. 15

Sonatas:

  • E-flat Major, D. 568, Op. 122
  • A Major, D. 664, Op. 120
  • A Minor, D. 845, Op. 42

Mendelssohn, Felix

  • Songs Without Words: (Op. 19, 30, 38, 53, 62, 67, 85, 102)
  • Caprices, Op. 16
  • Children’s Pieces, Op. 72
  • Rondo Capriccioso, Op. 14
  • Variations Serieuses in D Minor, Op.  54
  • Etudes

Chopin, Frédéric

  • Preludes, Op. 28
  • Walzes
  • Nocturnes
  • Mazurkas
  • Impromptus
  • Polonaises
  • Etudes, Op. 10
  • Etudes, Op. 25
  • Ballades
  • Scherzos
  • Berceuse, Op. 57
  • Barcarolle, Op. 60
  • Fantasy, Op. 49
  • Sonatas (Op. 4, 35, 58)

Schumann, Robert

  • Abegg Variations, Op. 1
  • Album Leaves, Op. 124
  • Album for the Young, Op. 68
  • Scenes from Childhood, Op. 15
  • Arabesque, Op. 18
  • Carnaval, Op. 9
  • Carnival Prank of Vienna, Op. 26
  • Colored Leaves, Op. 99
  • Toccata, Op. 7
  • Davidsbündler Dances, Op. 6
  • Fantasy in C Major, Op. 17
  • Fantasy Pieces, Op. 12
  • Forest Scenes, Op. 82
  • Humoresque, Op. 20
  • Kreisleriana, Op. 16
  • Papillon, Op. 2
  • Romances, Op. 28
  • Piano Sonatas (Op. 11, 14, 22)
  • Symphonic Etudes, Op. 13

Liszt, Franz

  • Consolations
  • Liebesträume
  • 20 Hungarian Rhapsodies
  • Concert Etudes
  • Transcendental Etudes
  • Paganini Etudes
  • Légends
  • Ballades
  • Polonaise in E Major
  • Mephisto Waltz
  • Harmonies poetiques et religieuses
  • Années de Pèlerinage  (3 Volumes)
  • Piano Transcriptions of Schubert Lieder

 

Franck, César

  • Prélude, Aria et Finale
  • Prélude, Chorale et Fugue

Brahms, Johannes

  • Ballades, Op. 10
  • Waltzes, Op. 39
  • Variations (Op. 9, 21, No. 1 and 2, 24, 35)
  • Sonatas (Op. 1, 2, 5)
  • Character Pieces (Op. 76, 79, 116, 117, 118, 119)

Mussorgsky, Modest

  • Pictures at an Exhibition

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich

  • The Seasons, Op. 37
  • Album for the Young, Op. 39
  • Eighteen Pieces, Op. 72
  • Sonata in G Major
  • Variations, Op. 19

Grieg, Edvard

  • Lyric Pieces: (Op. 12, 38, 43, 47, 54, 57, 62, 65, 68, 71)
  • Norwegian Peasant Dances, Op. 72
  • Holberg Suite, Op. 40
  • Ballade, Op. 24
  • Sonata, Op. 7

 20th Century

Albéniz, Isaac

  • Songs of Spain, Op. 232

Barber, Samuel

  • Excursions, Op. 20

Bartók, Béla

  • Fifteen Hungarian Peasant Songs
  • Fourteen Bagatelles, Op. 6
  • Three Rondos
  • Rumanian Folk Dances
  • Six Dances in Bulgarian Rhythm (Mikrokosmos, Book 6)
  • Out of Doors Suite
  • Suite, Op. 14

Berg, Alban

  • Sonata

Copland, Aaron

  • In Evening Air
  • Four Piano Blues
  • Piano Variations
  • Sonata
  • Passacaglia

Debussy, Claude

  • Suite Pour le Piano
  • Suite Bergamasque
  • Estampes
  • Preludes (Books 1 and 2)
  • 12 Etudes
  • Images (Books 1 and 2)
  • L’isle Joyeuse

Gershwin, George

  • Three Preludes
  • Song Transcriptions

Ginastera, Alberto

  • Rondo on Argentine Folk Songs
  • Children’s Folk Songs
  • Three Pieces
  • Twelve American Preludes
  • Suite de Danzes Criollas
  • Argentine Dances

Griffes, Charles

  • The Lake at Evening
  • Roman Sketches, Op. 7
  • Sonata

Harris, Roy

  • American Ballades (Books 1 and 2)
  • Toccata
  • Sonata

Hindemith, Paul

  • Sonata, No. 2

Ibert, Jacques

  • Quatre Pieces Celebres pour Piano

Kabalevsky, Dmitri

  • Preludes, Op. 5
  • Sonatas

La Montaine, John

  • Toccata

Muczynski, Robert

  • Six Preludes, Op. 6
  • Toccata

Persichetti, Vincent

  • Sonatinas
  • Poems, Vol. 1 and 2
  • Sonatas

Piston, Walter

  • Passacaglia

Poulenc, Francis

  • Mouvement Perpetuels
  • Trois Pièces
  • Suite (1920)
  • Five Impromptus
  • Nocturnes (Eight)
  • Novelettes (Three)
  • Suite Française

Prokofiev, Serge

  • Visions Fugitives
  • Pensees, Op. 62
  • Ten Pieces, Op. 12
  • Four Pieces, Op. 4
  • Sarcasms, Op. 17
  • Six Pieces, Op. 52
  • Sonatina, Op. 54, No. 1
  • Sonata No. 3 in A Minor, Op. 28

Rachmaninoff, Sergei

  • Moment Musicaux
  • Preludes
  • Etudes-Tableaux

Ravel, Maurice

  • Minuet on the Name of Haydn
  • Pavane pour une Infante defunte
  • Jeux d’eau
  • Sonatine
  • Miroirs
  • Valses Nobles et Sentimentales
  • Le Tombeau de Couperin
  • Gaspard de la Nuit

Schönberg, Arnold

  • Six Little Piano Pieces, Op. 19

Scriabin, Alexander

  • Preludes
  • Etudes

Shostakovitch, Dmitri

  • Preludes and Fugues
  • Sonatas

Turina, Joaquin

  • Miniaturas
  • Toccata
  • Travel Impressions

Piano Concertos

Bach, JS

Concerto in D Minor, Concerto in F Minor, Concerto in A Major

Bartok, Bela

Concerto No. 1, Concerto No. 2, Concerto No. 3

Beethoven, Ludwig van

Concerto No. 1 (Op. 15), Concerto No. 2 (Op. 19), Concerto No. 3 (Op. 37), Concerto No. 4 (Op. 58), Concerto No. 5 (Op. 73)

Brahms, Johannes

Concerto No. 1 in D Minor (Op. 15), Concerto No. 2 in B-Flat Major (Op. 83)

Chopin, Frederic

Concerto No. 1 (Op. 11), Concerto No. 2 (Op. 21)

Dohnanyi, Ernst von

Variations on a Nursery Song (Op. 25)

Dvorak, Antonin

Concerto in G Minor (Op. 33)

De Falla, Manuel

Nights in the Gardens of Spain

Faure, Gabriel

Ballade for Piano and Orchestra in F-Sharp Major (Op. 19)

Franck, Cesar

Symphonic Variations

Gershwin, George

Rhapsody in Blue, Concerto in F Major

Grieg, Edvard

Concerto in A Minor, (Op. 16)

Khatchaturian, Aram

Concerto in D-Flat Major

Liszt, Franz

Concerto No. 1 in E-Flat Major, Concerto No. 2 in A Major

MacDowell, Edward

Concerto No. 2 in D Minor (Op. 23)

Mendelssohn, Felix

Concerto in G Minor (Op. 25), Concerto in D Minor (Op. 40)

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus

23 Concertos: most notable: K 238, K 246, K 271, K 413, K 414, K 415, K 449, K 450, K 451, K 453, K 456, K 459, K 466, K 467, K 482, K 488, K 491, K 503, K 537, K 595

Prokofiev, Sergei

Concerto No. 1 in D-Flat Major (Op. 10), Concerto No. 2 in G Minor (Op. 16), Concerto No. 3 in C Major (Op. 26)

Rachmaninov, Sergei

Concerto No. in F-Sharp Minor (Op. 1), Concerto No. 2 in C Minor (Op. 18), Concerto No. 3 in D Minor (Op. 30)

Ravel, Maurice

Concerto in G Major, Concerto for the Left Hand

Saint-Saens, Camille

Concerto No. 2 in G Minor (Op. 22), Concerto No. 4 in C Minor (Op. 44), Concerto No. 5 in F Major (Op. 103)

Schumann, Robert

Concerto in A Minor (Op. 54)

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich

Concerto in B-Flat Minor (Op. 23)

 

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