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Music for Pianos
Within the compass of its seven octaves, the piano is capable of
reproducing all the features and all the configurations of the finest
musical creations. As a result, pianists have at their disposal the
greatest collection of solo literature that has been composed for any
musical instrument. In addition to the standard advanced repertoire,
there is an even greater library of teaching literature that can be studied
in preparation for this advanced repertoire and its study can greatly
influence the advancement of a players musical and technical abilities.
Anyone who seriously desires to extend his or her musical knowledge or
create something new can ever devote sufficient thought or study to this
resource.
It is the aim of
Music for Pianos to introduce the visitor to a minute cross section of this
literature. Some old ones, some new ones and some neglected ones. It is
hoped that players and piano instructors may find pieces that are suitable
for study, teaching and performance.
Against this
background, I consider that any means of making this literature more widely
known and popular has some merit. The MIDI and mp3 files may only give a
vague idea to the listener of how these works should sound and the manner in which
they should be played, but it is hoped that even these imperfect digital
files will now and then reveal a trace, a little obliterated perhaps, of a
composers inspiration. All MIDI files are free to download and have
their mp3 equivalent available for instant download.
The Music for
Pianos MIDI site contains self sequenced MIDI files, MIDI files produced by
scanning paper Piano Rolls from the 1920's Jazz era and a selection of live
MIDI recordings from the
Yamaha
e-competition.
Eric Halstead(after
Franz Liszt)
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Listen to
over 1500 piano pieces
The numbers
in brackets indicate the number of MIDI/mp3 files avalable on that page
Ballet
(26)
Childrens Page
(50)
Christmas
Christmas Carols
(109)
Christmas Songs
(15)
Oratorios
(10)
Christmas
Piano Music
(27)
Christmas
Piano Rolls
(15)
Jazz
(21)
Musicals
(15)
Opera
(32)
Operetta
(15)
Piano Rolls
Ballet
(7)
Berlin, Irving
(57)
Carroll, Adam
(48)
Confrey Zez
(22)
Classical
(97)
Cook J.L.
(224)
Kreisler, Fritz
(9)
Max Kortlander
(40)
Novelty
(22)
Opera
(14)
Operetta
(11)
Victor Arden
(33)
Piano Roll
Songs
(158)
Songs
(34)
Composers
Albeniz
(9)
Allen, Euphonia
(1)
Adam, Adolphe
(1)
Adinsell, Richard
(1)
Austin, Elizabeth
(14)
Catalogue
Biography
Bach J.S.
(21)
Baderzewska
(1)
Bakes, Lotte
(1)
Balakirev
(2)
Barber,Samuel
(2)
Beach, Amy
(1)
Beethoven
(14)
Bellini
(1)
Bizet
(19)
Berlin, Irving
(57)
Boulanger,Lili
(1)
Brahms
(43)
Busoni
(6)
Chaminade Cecile
(46)
Catalogue of Works
Article on Piano Works
Chopin
(40)
De La
Guerre,Elisabeth
(1)
Debussy
(10)
Dvorak
(1)
Engleman
(1)
Erding, Susanne
(1)
Faure
(8)
Farrenc,Louise
(1)
Fontyn Jaqueline
(4)
Catalogue of Works
Biography
Franck
(2)
Fromm-Michaels, Else
(1)
Galos,Mme. G
(1)
Gershwin
(18)
Gipps,Ruth
(1)
Glanville-Hicks, Peggy
(1)
Glinka
(1)
Grainger
(1)
Grieg
(15)
Guryan, Margo
(4)
Handel
(8)
Haydn
(3)
Heller,Barbara
(1)
Hensel Fanny
(7)
Life and Music
Ketelbey
(14)
Khatchaturian
(1)
Kriesler
(9)
Lange
(1)
Le Beau, Louise
(1)
Liszt
(55)
Song Transcriptions
(22)
Liszt and the Keyboard
Lutyens Elisabeth (2)
Martinez,Marianne
(1)
Mascagni
(1)
Mcdowall
(1)
Mendelssohn
(10)
Mozart
(12)
Mussorgsky
(4)
Poulenc
(2)
Rachmaninov
(48)
Ranier, Priaulx
(1)
Ravel
(19)
Rubenstein
(1)
Saint Saens
(22)
Satie
(1)
Scarlatti (4)
Schonsky,Verdina
Scriabin (2)
Schubert
(36)
Schumann Clara
(19)
Catalogue of Works
Life and Times
Schmitz-Gohr, Else
(1)
Schumann,Robert
(30)
Shostakovitch
(1)
Sibelius
(1)
Sinding (1)
Smetna
(1)
Smith
Hill,Mildred and Patty
(1)
Smyth,Ethel (2)
Strauss Johann II
(9)
Szymanowska,Maria
(1)
Tchaikovsky
(28)
Thomas,Ambriose
(1)
Wagner
(1)
Weber
(1)
Other Male Composers
(48)
Other Women Composers
(28)
Visitors are welcome to download the MIDI files for
personal listening but any reproduction on web sites or use for commercial
purposes must have my prior permission. Do not link directly from your web
page or E-mail to the MIDI files on my site. If you do use a MIDI file,
make sure you copy the file via your server to a folder on your computer
(Right click on "play midi" then save to a folder on your computer).
The music playing on opening this page is Variation
18 of Rachmaninoff's Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini to listen to the other 23 variations go to
The Rachmaninov Page
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