keyboard music
(KEE- bord MYOO-zik)


[Eng.]


Music produced by means of a keyboard instrument.


SUGGESTED LISTENING EXAMPLES:

keyboard music, solo, 20th century:
Schoenberg: Suite for Piano, Op. 25, I
W. W. Norton - 4-CD Musical Example Bank -- Disc 3, Track 40
Cage: Sonatas and Interludes for Prepared Piano, Sonata II (closing)
W. W. Norton - 4-CD Musical Example Bank -- Disc 3, Track 65
Yelvington: Piffle Rag
W. W. Norton - 4-CD Musical Example Bank -- Disc 3, Track 48

keyboard music, solo, Baroque:
Handel: Keyboard Suite No. 5 in E major, Air and Variations (Harmonious Blacksmith) (Conclusion, air)

W. W. Norton - 4-CD Musical Example Bank -- Disc 2, Track 62
Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I, Prelude and Fugue No. 1 in C major, BWV 846, Prelude
W. W. Norton - 4-CD Musical Example Bank -- Disc 21, Track 65
Couperin: Second livre de clavecin, 'Les barricades misterieuses'
W. W. Norton - 4-CD Musical Example Bank -- Disc 2, Track 60
Scarlatti: Sonata in E major, K. 20, "Capriccio"
W. W. Norton - 4-CD Musical Example Bank -- Disc 2, Track 64

keyboard music, solo, Classical:
Beethoven: Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13 (Pathétique), I

W. W. Norton - 4-CD Musical Example Bank -- Disc 1, Track 34

keyboard music, solo, Romantic:
Chopin: Prelude in E minor, Op. 28, No. 4

W. W. Norton - 4-CD Musical Example Bank -- Disc 1, Track 16
Chopin: Fantaisie-Impromptu in C-sharp minor, Op. 66 (bridge to second theme and opening of second theme)
W. W. Norton - 4-CD Musical Example Bank -- Disc 3, Track 14

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