Piano duo

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Piano duo is the name given to two pianists playing one or two pianos .

history

Since the 17th century, composers have referred to their vocal pieces as well as their instrumental pieces, which can be cast in different ways, as duets or duos , provided that they were to be interpreted by two singers or two instrumentalists. Compositions for two harpsichords or, later, pianos or piano for four hands were also often called duos. In the 19th and 20th centuries, the number of pieces that were composed for two pianos, with and without accompanying instruments, or for piano four hands increased.

The term piano duo in today's parlance, however, does not refer to the form of the composition, but to the ensemble of performers consisting of two pianists. Here there is a linguistic difference to the piano trio , for example , in which both the composition and the ensemble consisting of 3 musicians can be meant.

The repertoire with original compositions for 2 pianists is not very extensive. So it is not surprising that a large number of compositions for other ensembles, chamber music or orchestral, arranged for two pianos or piano for four hands are happily and very successfully included in the concert programs of today's piano duos.

The interaction between two pianists is technically extremely delicate. It requires a precise correspondence of the playing processes down to the smallest detail, which can generally only be achieved after a long period of playing music together. This is why siblings, including married couples, have often come together to play together over the long term.

The world's first and only chair for piano duo was established in 2012 at the hmt - Rostock University of Music and Drama , and has been occupied by Hans-Peter Stenzl and his brother Volker Stenzl since November 1, 2012 . The professorship is limited to three years and is financed from private foundation funds.

Original compositions

For two pianos

For piano four hands

  • Anton Arensky :
    • Children's Suite , Op. 65
  • Ludwig van Beethoven :
    • Eight variations on a theme by Count Waldstein WoO 67 (1790/92)
    • Sonata in D major op.6 (1796/97)
    • Three marches op.45 (1803)
    • Great Fugue in B flat major, op.134 (1826, piano version of the Great Fugue, op.133 for string quartet)
  • Georges Bizet :
    • Jeux d'enfants op. 22 (1871)
  • Johannes Brahms :
  • Carl Czerny (selection):
    • Brilliant Grand Sonata in C minor op.10
    • 2 Brilliant Sonatinas op. 50
    • Brilliant and Characteristic Overture in B flat minor, Op. 54
  • Claude Debussy
    • Petite Suite (1889)
    • Marche écossaise (1891)
    • Six epigraphes antiques (1914)
  • Antonín Dvořák :
    • Slavonic Dances op.46 (1878)
    • Three Legends op.59 (1880/81)
    • Slavonic Dances op.72 (1886)
  • Jürg Hanselmann :
    • Sonata for piano four hands (2015)
  • Darius Milhaud
    • Le bœuf sur le toît (1919)
  • Ignaz Moscheles
    • Grande Sonate in E flat major op.47 (1819)
    • Homage to Weber . Grand Duo sur les Motifs d ' Euryanthe et d' Oberon in E flat major op.102 (1842)
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart :
    • Sonata in G major KV 357
    • Sonata in B flat major, K. 358
    • Sonata in D major KV 381
    • Sonata in F major KV 497
    • Sonata in C major KV 521
  • Francis Poulenc :
    • Sonata (1918, revised 1939)
  • Maurice Ravel :
  • Sergei Rachmaninov :
    • Six Morceaux op. 11
    • Polka Italienne (1906)
    • Romance in G major (1893)
  • Josef Schelb
    • Little sonata for piano four hands (1940)
  • Franz Schubert (selection):
    • Trois Marches Militaires op.51 D 733 (1818)
    • Sonata in C major "Grand Duo" op. Post. 140 D 812 (1824)
    • Divertissement à la Hongroise in G minor op.54 D 818 (1824)
    • Fantasy in F minor op.103 D 940 (1828)
    • Allegro in A minor "Storms of Life" op. Post. 144 D 947 (1828)
  • Igor Stravinsky :
    • Cinq pièces faciles for piano four hands (1916)
    • Le Sacre du Printemps (for piano for 4 hands) (also: for two pianos)

For piano four hands and orchestra

  • Carl Czerny : Concerto for piano four hands and orchestra, C major op.153 (1831)

For two pianos and orchestra

For three pianos and orchestra

For four pianos

  • Carl Czerny :
    • Quatuor concertant for four piano forts on several popular melodies in C major op.230 (1830)
  • Philip Glass :
    • Two Movements for Four Pianos (2013)

For six pianos

Other works

Sergei Prokofiev : Marches in C major (1897), C major (1899), F major (1899), F major (1899), piece in D minor (1900), piece with zither, incomplete (1900), bagatelle No. 1 in C minor (1901)

Well-known piano duos (classical)

Well-known piano duos (jazz and pop)

literature

  • Maurice Hinson: Music for More than One Piano , 2001. ISBN 0-253-34493-X .
  • Cameron MacGraw: Piano Duet Repertoire , 1981. ISBN 0-253-34493-X .
  • Hans Moldenhauer: Duo Pianism . Dissertation 1950, Chicago Musical Press.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ News from November 23, 2012 First Chair for Piano Duo , accessed on November 23, 2012
  2. ↑ See Zellner's Blätter für Theater, Musik und bildende Kunst , Vol. 12, No. 11 of February 6, 1866, p. 43 ( digitized version)