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Hi Everyone,

I have just recently got back into playing piano in the last year and wanted to broaden my repertoire with some quick songs in-between learning the longer ones. The shorter pieces I have been playing just recently are "Arietta" by Grieg and "Morning Prayer" by Tchaikovsky

Just wanted to know does anyone else have some favourite pieces that are only a page long. Im moreso referring to the best of the best short pieces. Not just any short piece in general.

Also out of curiosity are there any very technical pieces too that are a single page?


Thanks

This Prelude by Chopin came immediately to mind.
(Opus 28 #11)

.....and the one that came next to mind:
(Brahms Waltz, Op. 39 #15)

There's that perennial encore favorite (not least Horowitz's), Träumerei from Kinderszenen. Also, Der Dichter spricht has been played as an encore.

Chopin's Op.28 Nos. 4 & 6 are also easy and single-page, and well-known.

(Though none of them are among my favorites .)

Thanks everyone for their input!

I know a couple of the Kinderszenen pieces. My favourite being the first one and Fast zu Ernst which I think is by far the best piece.

Hi, Arcturo -- and welcome to Piano World! When you mentioned "one page only", one quirky composition that came to mind was Erik Satie's "Sports et Divertissements". It is (I believe) 20 different pieces, every one of which had to be one page only, because the artistic commission required a drawing of Charles Dessins and the Satie music on each page -- each one a different sport or diversion. Frankly, I think it is Satie at his best!

Hi, Arcturo -- and welcome to Piano World! When you mentioned "one page only", one quirky composition that came to mind was Erik Satie's "Sports et Divertissements". It is (I believe) 20 different pieces, every one of which had to be one page only, because the artistic commission required a drawing of Charles Dessins and the Satie music on each page -- each one a different sport or diversion. Frankly, I think it is Satie at his best!

Thanks Tim! ill listen to them while Im stuck in the office today working.

Here's an exquisite little one-page Scriabin jewel that I studied last year with my teacher (and not very difficult to play):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_xeDPu70Bg

Chopin Waltz in E-flat Major, B. 133 (I feel the A section should come back, without repeats.)

Other than what’s already been mentioned, off the top of my head:
Chopin Album Leaf
Basically anything by Rebikov (something like 90% of his compositions are three minutes long or shorter)
I’ll add more later if I think of anything else....

I agree. I've played it, and that's exactly what I've done.

The Aria from Bach's Goldberg variations is gorgeous.

How about this sublime half-pager?

There are several Beethoven Bagatelles which are one page or less.

Most of the little preludes are about one page:

Many of the Schubert dances (Walzer, (Waltzes) Ländler, Deutsche Tänze, (German Dances), Valses, nobles (Waltzes) are very short, some consisting of two eight-bar episodes with repeats. (Opp. 9, 18, 33, 49, 59, 67, 77, 91, 127)

They shouldn't all be dismissed as inconsequential; some are beautifully lyrical and touching.

Regards,

Traumeri...also About Strange Lands and People, both from Scenes from Childhood by Robert Schumann

Im really not a fan of Traumeri, I don't know why its so popular, Ive seen the videos of Horowitz playing it. Its a very emotional piece but soooo boring. For me Fast zu Ernst was the best piece and to me. I first heard it on the movie "Shine". if you haven't seen it, you must!