3 - Romantic Solo Piano

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Carnaval , Op. 9, is a work by Robert Schumann for piano solo, written in 1834-1835, and subtitled Scènes mignonnes sur quatre notes (Little Scenes on Four Notes).

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Louis Moreau Gottschalk (May 8, 1829 – December 18, 1869) was an American composer and pianist , best known as a virtuoso performer of his own romantic piano works.

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From top left: A typical New Orleans mansion off St.

Souvenir de Porto Rico (Marche de Gibaros) , Op. 31, D. 147, is a musical composition by Louis Moreau Gottschalk for solo piano in 1857, during a tour in Puerto Rico . It is based on the folk song Si me dan pasteles, demenlos calientes , performed by the local peasants known as Jibaros [ 1 ] . The piece makes free use of Latin and Afro-American melodies and rhythms almost fifty years before early ragtime and jazz would popularize its use.

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Franz Liszt ( German: [fʁant͡s lɪst] ); Hungarian : Liszt Ferencz , in modern use Liszt Ferenc ) [ 1 ] (October 22, 1811 – July 31, 1886) was a 19th-century Hungarian [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] composer, pianist, conductor, and teacher.

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Transcendental Etudes - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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The Transcendental Études contain extreme technical difficulties, such as the right hand configuration and left hand leaps in the Transcendental Étude No. 5 .

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Réminiscences de Don Juan (S. 418) is an opera fantasy for piano by Franz Liszt on themes from Mozart 's Don Giovanni .

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Frédéric Chopin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Frédéric François Chopin ( / ˈ ʃ oʊ p æ n / ; French pronunciation: [fʁe.de.ʁik ʃɔ.pɛ̃] ; Polish: Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin , also phonetically Szopen ; [ 1 ] 22 February or 1 March 1810 [ 2 ] – 17 October 1849) was a Polish composer and virtuoso pianist of French-Polish parentage. He is considered one of the great masters of Romantic music . [ 3 ] Chopin was born in Żelazowa Wola , a village in the Duchy of Warsaw .

The serial numbering of the 58 published mazurkas normally goes only up to 51. The remaining 7 are referred to by their key or catalogue number. His composition of these mazurkas signaled new ideas of nationalism , and influenced and inspired other composers—mostly eastern Europeans—to support their national music.

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Frédéric Chopin 's four ballades are one-movement pieces for solo piano, composed between 1835 and 1842.

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