Johann Sebastian Bach
1685 – 1750 · Baroque
Johann Sebastian Bach is the central figure of the late Baroque keyboard tradition and, by common agreement, the greatest contrapuntist in W…
216 scores
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Joseph Haydn
1732 – 1809 · Classical
Joseph Haydn wrote more than fifty keyboard sonatas across a career that effectively invented the Classical sonata. Wit, surprise, and a pro…
158 scores
Frédéric Chopin
1810 – 1849 · Romantic
Frédéric Chopin wrote almost exclusively for the piano. His preludes, études, nocturnes, ballades, scherzos, polonaises, mazurkas, and waltz…
157 scores
Ludwig van Beethoven
1770 – 1827 · Classical
Ludwig van Beethoven's thirty-two piano sonatas form the most important single body of work in the keyboard repertoire — what Hans von Bülow…
151 scores
Domenico Scarlatti
1685 – 1757 · Baroque
Domenico Scarlatti wrote 555 single-movement keyboard sonatas, mostly in binary form, that combine Iberian guitar idioms, daring harmonic sh…
80 scores
Johannes Brahms
1833 – 1897 · Late Romantic
Johannes Brahms's piano music spans the early sonatas, the Paganini and Handel variation sets, and a final great body of late character piec…
67 scores
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
1756 – 1791 · Classical
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart wrote eighteen numbered piano sonatas, two dozen sets of variations, and a small constellation of fantasias and rond…
64 scores
Robert Schumann
1810 – 1856 · Romantic
Robert Schumann's piano cycles — Carnaval, Kreisleriana, Davidsbündlertänze, Kinderszenen, Fantasiestücke, the Symphonic Etudes — invented t…
64 scores
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Baroque
1600–1750
The Baroque era brought the keyboard from the harpsichord and clavichord to its expressive zenith. Counterpoint, dance suites, fugues, and ornamentation define …
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Classical
1750–1820
The Classical era refined keyboard music around the new fortepiano, favoring balanced phrases, clear textures, and sonata-form drama. Mozart, Haydn, and the ear…
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Romantic
1820–1900
The Romantic era turned the piano into an orchestra under ten fingers. Chopin, Schumann, Schubert, Liszt, Brahms, and Mendelssohn pushed expression toward the p…
382 scores
Late Romantic
1880–1920
The late Romantic era extended Romantic intensity into chromatic, large-scale works by Rachmaninoff, Scriabin, Fauré, and the late Brahms. Harmonic ambiguity an…
175 scores
Impressionist
1890–1925
Debussy, Ravel, and their contemporaries reimagined the piano as a vehicle for color, perfume, and atmosphere. Modal scales, parallel chords, and pedal effects …
90 scores
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