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The 23 Greatest Solo Piano Works

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Explore the greatest solo works ever written for the greatest instrument ever created in this exciting and fun course by famed musicologist Robert Greenberg.

Syllabus

  • 01: Piano Starts Here!
  • 02: J. S. Bach-The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book One
  • 03: J. S. Bach-Goldberg Variations
  • 04: Mozart-Piano Sonata in C Minor, K. 457
  • 05: Beethoven-The Appassionata Sonata
  • 06: Beethoven-Diabelli Variations, Op. 120
  • 07: Schubert-Piano Sonata No. 21 in B-flat Major
  • 08: Chopin-Preludes, Op. 28
  • 09: Chopin-Ballade in G Minor, Op. 23
  • 10: Schumann-Kreisleriana
  • 11: Liszt-Years of Pilgrimage
  • 12: Liszt-Sonata in B Minor
  • 13: Brahms-Handel Variations, Op. 24
  • 14: Brahms-Six Pieces for Piano, Op. 118
  • 15: Mussorgsky-Pictures at an Exhibition
  • 16: Debussy- “The Sunken Cathedral”
  • 17: Debussy-Preludes, Book One
  • 18: Albeniz-Iberia
  • 19: Ravel-Valses nobles et sentimentales
  • 20: Scriabin-Piano Sonata No. 5
  • 21: Rachmaninoff-Etudes-tableaux
  • 22: Prokofiev-Piano Sonata No. 7
  • 23: Copland-Piano Variations
  • 24: The A-List
  • By This Professor

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Robert Greenberg

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