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duo. The list includes works for piano four-hands and works for two pianos. Catalogue number and date of composition are also included. Ordering is by composer surname. A list of notable performers who played and recorded these works is at List of classical piano duos (performers).

Piano four hands

Anton Arensky Anton Stepanovich Arensky (; – ) was a Russian composer of Romantic classical music, a pianist and a professor of music. Biography Arensky was born into an affluent, music-loving family in Novgorod, Russia. He was musically precocious and ha ...

(1861–1906) :: Twelve Pieces, Op. 66 (1903) *

Johann Christian Bach Johann Christian Bach (5 September 1735 – 1 January 1782) was a German composer of the Classical era, the youngest son of Johann Sebastian Bach. He received his early musical training from his father, and later from his half-brother, Carl ...

(1735–1782) :: Sonata for keyboard 4-hands, Op. 15 No. 6 (1778) :: Sonata for keyboard 4-hands, Op. 18 No. 5 (1781) :: Sonata for keyboard 4-hands, Op. 18 No. 6 (1781) *

Samuel Barber Samuel Osmond Barber II (March 9, 1910 – January 23, 1981) was an American composer, pianist, conductor (music), conductor, baritone, and music educator, and one of the most celebrated composers of the mid-20th century. Principally influenced ...

(1910–1981) :: ''Souvenirs'', Op. 28 (1951) *

Ludwig van Beethoven Ludwig van Beethoven (baptised 17 December 177026 March 1827) was a German composer and pianist. He is one of the most revered figures in the history of Western music; his works rank among the most performed of the classical music repertoire ...

(1770–1827) :: Sonata for Piano 4 hands in D major, Op. 6 (1797) :: 3 Marches, Op. 45 (1803) :: Fugue for Piano, four hands, Op. 134 (1826, arrangement of Große Fuge, Op. 133) *

Luciano Berio Luciano Berio (24 October 1925 – 27 May 2003) was an Italian composer noted for his experimental music, experimental work (in particular his 1968 composition ''Sinfonia (Berio), Sinfonia'' and his series of virtuosic solo pieces titled ''Seque ...

(1925–2003) :: ''Touch'' (1991) :: ''Canzonetta'' (1991) *

Georges Bizet Georges Bizet (; 25 October 18383 June 1875) was a French composer of the Romantic music, Romantic era. Best known for his operas in a career cut short by his early death, Bizet achieved few successes before his final work, ''Carmen'', w ...

(1838–1875) :: '' Jeux d'enfants'', Op. 22 (1871) *

Johannes Brahms Johannes Brahms (; ; 7 May 1833 – 3 April 1897) was a German composer, virtuoso pianist, and conductor of the mid-Romantic period (music), Romantic period. His music is noted for its rhythmic vitality and freer treatment of dissonance, oft ...

(1833–1897) :: ''Variations on a theme by Robert Schumann'', Op. 23 (1861) :: Sixteen Waltzes, Op. 39 (1865) :: '' Ungarische Tänze'', WoO 1 (1869–80) *

Ferruccio Busoni Ferruccio Busoni (1 April 1866 – 27 July 1924) was an Italian composer, pianist, conductor, editor, writer, and teacher. His international career and reputation led him to work closely with many of the leading musicians, artists and literary ...

(1866–1924) :: ''Fuge über das Volkslied "O, du mein lieber Augustin"'', BV 226 (1888) :: ''Finnländische Volksweisen'', BV 227 (1888) * Charles Camilleri :: ''Paganiana'': variations for piano four-hands (1968) * Emmanuel Chabrier (1841–1894) :: ''Pas redoublé'' (''Cortège burlesque'') (1881) :: '' Prélude et marche française'' (1885) :: '' Souvenirs de Munich'', ''

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sur les thèmes favoris de Tristan et Isolde de

Richard Wagner Wilhelm Richard Wagner ( ; ; 22 May 181313 February 1883) was a German composer, theatre director, essayist, and conductor who is chiefly known for his operas (or, as some of his mature works were later known, "music dramas"). Unlike most o ...

'' (1887) *

Muzio Clementi Muzio Filippo Vincenzo Francesco Saverio Clementi (23 January 1752 – 10 March 1832) was an Italian-British composer, virtuoso pianist, pedagogue, conductor (music), conductor, music publisher, editor, and piano manufacturer, who was mostly ac ...

(1752–1832) :: 3 Duets, Op. 3, No. 1-3 (1779) :: Duet, Op. 6, No. 1 (1780) :: 3 Duets, Op. 14 (1785) *

Claude Debussy Achille Claude Debussy (; 22 August 1862 – 25 March 1918) was a French composer. He is sometimes seen as the first Impressionism in music, Impressionist composer, although he vigorously rejected the term. He was among the most influe ...

(1862–1918) :: Symphony in B minor, L. 10 (1880–81) :: Divertissement, L. 36 (1884) :: '' Petite Suite'', L. 65a (1888–89) :: ''Marche ecossaise sur un theme populaire'', L. 77 (1891) :: '' Six épigraphes antiques'', L. 131 (1914, used music from ''Musique de scene pour Les Chansons de Bilitis'') * David Del Tredici (born 1937) :: ''Carioca Boy – Tango'' (2009) *

Antonín Dvořák Antonín Leopold Dvořák ( ; ; 8September 18411May 1904) was a Czech composer. He frequently employed rhythms and other aspects of the folk music of Moravia and his native Bohemia, following the Romantic-era nationalist example of his predec ...

(1841–1904) :: '' Legends'', Op. 59 (1881) :: '' Slavonic Dances'', Opp. 46 and 72 (1878, 1886) :: '' Ze Šumavy'', Op. 68 (1883) *

Gabriel Fauré Gabriel Urbain Fauré (12 May 1845 – 4 November 1924) was a French composer, organist, pianist and teacher. He was one of the foremost French composers of his generation, and his musical style influenced many 20th-century composers. ...

(1845–1924) :: '' Dolly Suite'', Op. 56 (1894–97) :: ''Allegro symphonique'', Op. 68 (1895) *

Morton Feldman Morton Feldman (January 12, 1926 – September 3, 1987) was an American composer. A major figure in 20th-century classical music, Feldman was a pioneer of indeterminacy in music, a development associated with the experimental New York School o ...

(1926–1987) :: ''Piano Three Hands'' for piano three-hands (1957) :: ''Piano Four Hands'' (1958) *

Jean Françaix Jean René Désiré Françaix (pronunciation Fran-say or Fran-seks) was born on 23 May 1912, in Le Mans and died in 25 September 1997, in Paris). Françaix was a French neoclassical composer, pianist, and orchestrator known for his prolific outp ...

(1912–1997) :: ''Ronde Louis XV '' and ''Le Hameau'' from ''Si Versailles m'était conté'' (1953) :: ''Napoléon'' (1954) :: 15 Portraits of Children from Auguste Renoir (1971) *

Antón García Abril Antón García Abril OAXS (19 May 1933 – 17 March 2021) was a Spanish composer and musician. He composed many classical orchestral works, chamber and vocal pieces, as well as over 150 scores for film and television. Biography Between 1974 ...

(1933–2021) :: ''Zapateado'' (1995) :: ''Homenaje a Copérnico'' (2009) * Anthony Gilbert (1934-2023) :: ''Piano Sonata No. 2'' (1966-67) *

Leopold Godowsky Leopold Mordkhelovich Godowsky Sr. (13 February 1870 – 21 November 1938) was a virtuoso pianist, composer and teacher, born in what is now Lithuania to Jewish parents, who became an United States of America, American citizen in 1891. He ...

(1870–1938) :: 46 Miniatures (1918) *

Edvard Grieg Edvard Hagerup Grieg ( , ; 15 June 18434 September 1907) was a Norwegian composer and pianist. He is widely considered one of the leading Romantic music, Romantic era composers, and his music is part of the standard classical repertoire worldwid ...

(1843–1907) :: '' In Autumn'', Op. 11 (1866) :: 2 Symphonic Pieces, Op. 14 (1863–64, arranged from Symphony No. 1) :: ''Norwegian Dances'', Op. 35 (1881) :: ''Waltz-Caprices'', Op. 37 (1883) * Carlos Guastavino (1912–2000) :: ''Romance del Plata'' - Sonatina (1987) *

Josef Matthias Hauer Josef Matthias Hauer (March 19, 1883 – September 22, 1959) was an Austrian composer and music theorist. He is best known for developing, independent of and a year or two before Arnold Schoenberg Arnold Schoenberg or Schönberg (13 Septembe ...

(1883–1959) :: ''Zwölftonspiel'' (21 March 1952) :: ''Zwölftonspiel'' (April–May 1952) :: ''Zwölftonspiel'' (24 June 1952) :: ''Zwölftonspiel'' with poem of E. Lasker-Schüler (28 June 1952) :: ''Zwölftonspiel'' (10 July 1952) :: ''Zwölftonspiel'' (April 1955) :: ''Zwölftonspiel'' (May 1955) :: ''Zwölftonspiel'' (13 January 1956) :: ''Zwölftonspiel'' (April 1956) :: ''Zwölftonspiel'' (July 1956) :: ''Zwölftonspiel'' (October 1956) :: ''Zwölftonspiel'' (July 1957) *

Swan Hennessy Edward Swan Hennessy (24 November 1866 – 26 October 1929) was an Irish-American composer and pianist who lived much of his life in Paris. In his pre-War piano music, he excelled as a miniaturist in descriptive, Program music, programmatic music. ...

(1866–1929) :: ''Petite suite irlandaise, d'après des airs anciens de la collection Petrie'', Op. 29 (1909) *

Paul Hindemith Paul Hindemith ( ; ; 16 November 189528 December 1963) was a German and American composer, music theorist, teacher, violist and conductor. He founded the Amar Quartet in 1921, touring extensively in Europe. As a composer, he became a major advo ...

(1895–1963) :: Eight Waltzes, ''Drei wunderschöne Mädchen im Schwarzwald'', Op. 6 (1916) :: Sonata for piano four-hands (1938) * Alan Hovhaness (1911–2000) :: ''Child in the Garden'', Op. 168 (1958) * Marie Jaëll (1846-1925) :: Valses pour piano á quatre mains, Op. 8 - piano four-hands :: Voix du Printemps - piano four-hands * György Kurtág (born 1926) :: Suite (1950–51) :: Játékok, volumes IV and VIII (1979, 2010) *

Constant Lambert Leonard Constant Lambert (23 August 190521 August 1951) was a British composer, conductor, and author. He was the founding music director of the Royal Ballet, and (alongside Dame Ninette de Valois and Sir Frederick Ashton) he was a major figu ...

(1905-1951) :: ''Trois Pièces Nègres pour les Touches Blanches'' (1949) * Edward Lambert (1951-) :: ''Aspects of Work'' (2016) *

György Ligeti György Sándor Ligeti (; ; 28 May 1923 – 12 June 2006) was a Hungarian-Austrian composer of contemporary classical music. He has been described as "one of the most important avant-garde music, avant-garde composers in the latter half of the ...

(1923–2006) :: ''Induló'' (March) (1942) :: ''Polifón etüd'' (Polyphonic Étude) (1943) :: Allegro (1943) :: ''Három lakodalmi tánc'' (Three Wedding Dances) (1950) :: Sonatina (1950) *

Franz Liszt Franz Liszt (22 October 1811 – 31 July 1886) was a Hungarian composer, virtuoso pianist, conductor and teacher of the Romantic music, Romantic period. With a diverse List of compositions by Franz Liszt, body of work spanning more than six ...

(1811–1886) :: ''Festpolonaise'', S. 255(619a) :: '' Variation über das Thema von Borodin'', S. 256 (renumbered 207a) *

Bohuslav Martinů Bohuslav Jan Martinů (; December 8, 1890 – August 28, 1959) was a Czech composer of modern classical music. He wrote 6 symphony, symphonies, 15 operas, 14 ballet scores and a large body of orchestral, chamber music, chamber, vocal and ins ...

(1890–1959) :: ''Avec un doigt'' for piano 3-hands, H 185 (1930) *

Felix Mendelssohn Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (3 February 18094 November 1847), widely known as Felix Mendelssohn, was a German composer, pianist, organist and conductor of the early Romantic music, Romantic period. Mendelssohn's compositions inc ...

(1809–1847) :: ''Allegro brillant'', Op. 92 (1841) *

Darius Milhaud Darius Milhaud (, ; 4 September 1892 – 22 June 1974) was a French composer, conductor, and teacher. He was a member of Les Six—also known as ''The Group of Six''—and one of the most prolific composers of the 20th century. His composition ...

(1892–1974) :: ''Enfantines'', Suite after 3 poèmes de Jean Cocteau, Op. 59a (1920) :: ''Scaramouche'', Suite in three movements after incidental music for Moliere's ''Le Médecin Volant'' and the opera, ''Bolivar'', Op. 165 (1937) *

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (27 January 1756 – 5 December 1791) was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical period (music), Classical period. Despite his short life, his rapid pace of composition and proficiency from an early age ...

(1756–1791) :: Sonata in C major, K. 19d (1765) :: Sonata in B flat major, K. 358/186c (1773–74) :: Sonata in D major, K. 381/123a (1773–74) :: Fugue in G minor, K. 401/375e (1773) :: Sonata in F major, K. 497 (1786) :: Andante and Variations in G major, K. 501 (1786) :: Sonata in C major, K. 521 (1787) * Lior Navok (1971) :: ''At the Edge of a Spiral'' (2004) *

Francis Poulenc Francis Jean Marcel Poulenc (; 7 January 189930 January 1963) was a French composer and pianist. His compositions include mélodie, songs, solo piano works, chamber music, choral pieces, operas, ballets, and orchestral concert music. Among th ...

(1899–1963) :: Sonata for piano four hands, FP 8 (1918, 1939) *

Sergei Rachmaninoff Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff; in Russian pre-revolutionary script. (28 March 1943) was a Russian composer, virtuoso pianist, and Conducting, conductor. Rachmaninoff is widely considered one of the finest pianists of his day and, as a compos ...

(1873–1943) :: '' Suite No. 1'' (or Fantaisie-Tableaux for two pianos)(1893) :: ''Six Morceaux'', Op. 11 (1894) :: '' Suite No. 2'' (1901) :: '' Polka Italienne'' (1906) *

Maurice Ravel Joseph Maurice Ravel (7 March 1875 – 28 December 1937) was a French composer, pianist and conductor. He is often associated with Impressionism in music, Impressionism along with his elder contemporary Claude Debussy, although both composer ...

(1875–1937) :: '' Shéhérazade'' (1898) :: ''

Ma mère l'oye ''Ma mère l'Oye'' (English: ''Mother Goose'', literally "''My Mother the Goose''") is a suite by French composer Maurice Ravel. The piece was originally written as a five-movement piano duet in 1910. In 1911, Ravel orchestrated the work. Pian ...

'' (1910) *

Max Reger Johann Baptist Joseph Maximilian Reger (19 March 187311 May 1916) was a German composer, pianist, organist, conductor, and academic teacher. He worked as a concert pianist, a musical director at the Paulinerkirche, Leipzig, Leipzig University Chu ...

(1873–1916) :: Twelve Caprice Waltzes, Op. 9 (1892) :: Twenty German Dances, Op. 10 (1892) :: Six Waltzes, Op. 22 (1898) :: Cinq pièces pittoresques, Op. 34 (1899) :: ''Sechs Burlesken'', Op. 58 (1901) :: Six Pieces, Op. 94 (1906) :: Introduction and Passacaglia for Organ in D Minor (1914) :: Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Mozart, Op. 132 (1914; arrangement by the composer) *

Wolfgang Rihm Wolfgang Rihm (; 13 March 1952 – 27 July 2024) was a German composer of contemporary classical music and an academic teacher based in Karlsruhe. He was an influential post-war European composer, as "one of the most original and independent mus ...

(1952-2024) :: Klavierstück Nr. 3 (1971/1999; op. 8c) :: ''Mehrere kurze Walzer'' (1979–88) *

Camille Saint-Saëns Charles-Camille Saint-Saëns (, , 9October 183516 December 1921) was a French composer, organist, conductor and pianist of the Romantic music, Romantic era. His best-known works include Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso (1863), the Piano ...

(1835–1921) :: Duettino, Op. 11 (1855) :: ''König Harald Harfagar'', Op. 59 (1880) :: ''Feuillet d'album'', Op. 81 (1887) :: ''Pas redoublé'', Op. 86 (1887) :: Berceuse, Op. 105 (1896) :: ''Marche dédiée aux étudiants d'Alger'', with chorus ad lib, Op. 163 (1921) *

Erik Satie Eric Alfred Leslie Satie (born 17 May 18661 July 1925), better known as Erik Satie, was a French composer and pianist. The son of a French father and a British mother, he studied at the Conservatoire de Paris, Paris Conservatoire but was an undi ...

(1866–1925) :: '' Trois morceaux en forme de poire'' (1903) :: ''Aperçus désagréables'' (1908, 1912) :: '' En habit de cheval'' (1911) *

Alfred Schnittke Alfred Garrievich Schnittke (24 November 1934 – 3 August 1998) was a Russian composer. Among the most performed and recorded composers of late 20th-century classical music, he is described by musicologist Ivan Moody (composer), Ivan Moody as a ...

(1934-1998) :: Sonatina for piano four hands (1995) *

Franz Schubert Franz Peter Schubert (; ; 31 January 179719 November 1828) was an Austrian composer of the late Classical period (music), Classical and early Romantic music, Romantic eras. Despite his short life, Schubert left behind a List of compositions ...

(1797–1828) :: Four Polonaises, Op. 75, D 599 (1818) :: ''Trois Marches héroiques'', Op. 27, D 602 (1818 or 1824) :: ''Notre amitié est invariable'', Op. posth. 138, D 608 (1818) :: Sonata in B-flat major, Op.30, D 617 (1818) :: Eight Variations on a French Song, Op. 10, D 624 (1818) :: Overture in F major, Op. 34, D 675 (1819) :: '' Trois Marches militaires'', Op. 51, D. 733 (1818) :: Overture to the Opera ''Alfonso und Estrella'', Op. 69, D 773 (1823) :: '' Grand Duo'', Op. posth. 140, D. 812 (1824) :: Eight Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 35, D 813 (1824) :: ''Divertissement à la hongroise'', Op. 54, D 818 (1824) :: ''Six Grandes Marches'', Op. 40, D 819 (1818 or 1824) :: ''Divertissement sur des motifs originaux français'', Op. 63 and Op. 84 No. 1-2, D 823 (1826–27) :: Six Polonaises, Op. 61, D 824 (1826) :: ''Grande Marche funèbre'', Op. 55, D 859 (1825) :: ''Grande Marche héroique'', Op. 66, D 885 (1826) :: Eight Variations on a Theme from Hérold's Opera ''Marie'', Op. 82 No. 1, D 908 (1827) :: Fantasy in F minor, Op. 103, D. 940 (1828) :: ''Lebensstürme'', Op. posth. 144, D. 947 (1828) :: ''Grand Rondeau'', Op. 107, D. 951 (1828) :: Fugue in E minor, Op. posth. 152, D 952 (1828) :: Introduction, Four Variations on an Original Theme and Finale, Op. posth. 82 No. 2, D 968A :: ''Deux Marches caractéristiques'', Op. posth. 121, D 968B *

Robert Schumann Robert Schumann (; ; 8 June 181029 July 1856) was a German composer, pianist, and music critic of the early Romantic music, Romantic era. He composed in all the main musical genres of the time, writing for solo piano, voice and piano, chamber ...

(1810–1856) :: ''Bilder aus Osten'', Op. 66 (1848) :: 12 Piano Pieces for Young and Older Children, Op. 85 (1849) :: ''Ball-Scenen'', Op. 109 (1851) :: ''Kinderball'', Op. 130 (1853) *

Juan María Solare Juan María Solare (born August 11, 1966) is an Argentina, Argentine composer and pianist. Education Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Solare studied and received his diploma in piano (María Teresa Criscuolo), Musical composition, composition (F ...

(born 1966) :: '' FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions)'' (2002) :: ''Milonga Nunca Más'' (1994+2007) :: ''Orangutango'' (2008) :: ''Reencuentro'' (2008) :: ''Quince bajo cero (tango para Juliana)'' (2010) :: ''Conjeturas sistemáticas'' (2013) :: ''Persecuta'' (2013) :: ''They go'' (2014) *

Karlheinz Stockhausen Karlheinz Stockhausen (; 22 August 1928 – 5 December 2007) was a German composer, widely acknowledged by critics as one of the most important but also controversial composers of the 20th and early 21st centuries. He is known for his groun ...

(1928–2007) :: ''Intervall'', from ''

Für kommende Zeiten ''Für kommende Zeiten'' (For Times to Come) is a collection of seventeen text compositions by Karlheinz Stockhausen, composed between August 1968 and July 1970. It is a successor to the similar collection titled ''Aus den sieben Tagen'', written ...

'', Nr. 33 (1968–70) *

Igor Stravinsky Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky ( – 6 April 1971) was a Russian composer and conductor with French citizenship (from 1934) and American citizenship (from 1945). He is widely considered one of the most important and influential 20th-century c ...

(1882–1971) :: '' Trois pièces faciles'' (1915) :: '' Rite of Spring'' (1913). Arr. by Igor Stravinsky :: '' Cinq pièces faciles'' (1917) * Josef Tal (1910–2008) :: Pieces for piano four hands (1931) :: ''A Little Walk'' for piano four hands (1951) :: ''A Tale in Four Parts'' for piano 4-hands (1988) * Carl Vine (1954) :: Sonata for piano four hands (2009) * Bruno Vlahek (1986) :: Sonata, Op. 21 (2008) :: Variations on a Croatian folk theme, Op. 38 (2013) * Peter Warlock :: '' Capriol Suite'' (1926) *

Charles Wuorinen Charles Peter Wuorinen (, ; June 9, 1938 – March 11, 2020) was an American composer of contemporary classical music based in New York City. He also performed as a pianist and conductor. Wuorinen composed more than 270 works: orchestral music, c ...

(1938–2020) :: ''Making Ends Meet'' (1966) * Juan Carlos Zorzi (1935–1999) :: ''Música para calesita'' (ca. 1980)

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John Adams John Adams (October 30, 1735 – July 4, 1826) was a Founding Fathers of the United States, Founding Father and the second president of the United States from 1797 to 1801. Before Presidency of John Adams, his presidency, he was a leader of ...

(born 1947) :: '' Hallelujah Junction'' (1996) *

(1861–1906) :: Suite No. 1, Op. 15 (1888) :: Suite No. 2, ''Silhouettes'', Op. 23 (1892) :: Suite No. 3, ''Variations'', Op. 33 (1894) :: Suite No. 4, Op. 62 (1903) :: Suite No. 5, ''Children's Suite'', op. 65 *

(1735–1782) :: Sonata in G Major for two harpsichords or two pianos, Op. 15, No. 5 (1778) *

Béla Bartók Béla Viktor János Bartók (; ; 25 March 1881 – 26 September 1945) was a Hungarian composer, pianist and ethnomusicologist. He is considered one of the most important composers of the 20th century; he and Franz Liszt are regarded as Hunga ...

(1881–1945) :: Seven pieces from '' Mikrokosmos'', Sz. 108 (1926–39) *

Arnold Bax Sir Arnold Edward Trevor Bax (8 November 1883 – 3 October 1953) was an English composer, poet, and author. His prolific output includes songs, choral music, chamber pieces, and solo piano works, but he is best known for his orchestral music ...

(1883–1953) :: ''Fantasia'' (1900) :: ''Moy Mell'' (1916) :: ''Hardanger'' (1927) :: ''The Poisoned Fountain'' (1928) :: ''The Devil that tempted St Anthony'' (1928) :: Sonata for two pianos (1929) :: ''Red Autumn'' (1931) *

(1925–2003) :: ''Wasserklavier'' (1965) *

Claude Bolling Claude Bolling (10 April 1930 – 29 December 2020) was a French jazz pianist, composer, arranger, and occasional actor. Biography He was born in Cannes, France, and studied at the Nice Conservatory, and then in Paris. A child prodigy, by the ...

(1930–2020) :: ''Sonata for Two Pianists 1 and 2'' (1989) *

Pierre Boulez Pierre Louis Joseph Boulez (; 26 March 19255 January 2016) was a French composer, conductor and writer, and the founder of several musical institutions. He was one of the dominant figures of post-war contemporary classical music. Born in Montb ...

(1925–2016) :: ''Structures (Boulez), Structures I and II'' (1952, 1961) *

(1833–1897) :: Sonata in F minor, Op. 34b (1863) :: Waltzes, Op. 39 (1865) :: ''Variations on a Theme by Haydn'', Op. 56b (1873) * Klaus Martin Kopitz, Mia Brentano :: ''Mia Brentano's Hidden Sea: 20 Songs for 2 Pianos'' (2018) * Benjamin Britten (1913–1976) ::''Introduction and Rondo alla burlesca'', Op. 23 No. 1 (1940) ::''Mazurka Elegiaca'', Op. 23 No. 2 (1941) * Dave Brubeck, David Brubeck (1920–2012) :: ''Points on Jazz'' (1961) *

(1866–1924) :: Prelude and Fugue in C Minor, BV 99 (1878) :: ''Improvisation on the Bach Chorale "Wie wohl ist mir, o Freund der Seele"'', BV 271b (1916) :: ''Duettino concertante after Mozart'', BV B 88 (1919) :: ''Fantasia contrappuntistica'', BV 256b (1922) * Sylvano Bussotti (1931-2021) :: ''Tableaux Vivantes'' (1964) * John Cage (1912–1992) :: ''A Book of Music'' for two prepared pianos (1944) :: ''Experiences No. 1'' (1945) :: Three Dances for two prepared pianos (1945) :: ''Furniture Music Etcetera'' (1980) :: ''Two²'' (1989) * Cornelius Cardew (1936-1981) :: ''Two Books of Study for Pianists'' (1958) :: ''Boolavogue'' (1981) * Jacques Castérède (born 1926) :: ''Crosses on Fire'' for 2 pianos (Feux croisés pour deux pianos) (1963) * Emmanuel Chabrier (1841–1894) :: ''Trois valses romantiques'' (1883) * Frédéric Chopin (1810–1849) :: Rondo in C major, Op. posth. 73 (1828) * Aaron Copland (1900-1990) :: ''Danzón Cubano'' (1942) *

(1752–1832) :: Duet (Sonata) in B flat major, Op. 1a No. 6 (1781) :: Duet (Sonata) in B flat major, Op. 12 No. 5 (1784?) *

(1862–1918) :: ''Nocturnes (Debussy), Trois Nocturnes'', (1892–1899). Arr. by

(1910) :: ''Lindaraja'', L. 97 (1901) :: ''En blanc et noir'', L. 134 (1915) * Henri Dutilleux (1916–2013) :: ''Figures de résonances'' (1970–76) * George Enescu (1881–1955) :: ''Variations on an Original Theme in A major'', Op. 5 (1898) *

(1926–1987) :: ''Projection 3'' (1951) :: ''Intermission 6'' for one or two pianos (1953) :: Two Pieces for Two Pianos (1954) :: ''Two Pianos'' (1957) :: ''Work for Two Pianists'' (1958) :: ''Vertical Thoughts I'' (1963) * Brian Ferneyhough (born 1943) :: Sonata for two pianos (1966) * Michael Finnissy (born 1946) :: ''Wild Flowers'' (1974) :: ''his voice / was then / here waiting'' (1996) :: ''Eighteenth-Century Novels (Fanny Hill)'' (2006) :: ''Derde symfonische etude'' (2013) *

(1912–1997) :: ''Huit danses exotiques'' (1957) *

(1933–2021) :: ''Madrid'' (1998) * Philip Glass (born 1937) :: ''In Again Out Again'' (1967) :: ''Four Movements for Two Pianos'' (2008) * Karel Goeyvaerts (1923–1993) :: Sonata for Two Pianos (Goeyvaerts), Sonata for Two Pianos (1950–51) * Percy Grainger (1882–1961) :: ''Hill Song'' No. 1 and No. 2 (1922) *

(1843–1907) :: ''Old Norwegian Melody with Variations'', Op. 51 (1890) * Jorge Grundman (born 1961) :: ''(There Are) Not So Many Different Rains'', Op. 79 (2021) * Carlos Guastavino (1912–2000) :: ''Tres Romances argentinos'' * Hans Werner Henze (1926–2012) :: Divertimenti per due pianoforti (1964) *

(1895–1963) :: Sonata for two pianos (1942) * Arthur Honegger (1892–1955) :: Partita, H 139 (1940) * Alan Hovhaness (1911–2000) :: ''Vijag'', Op. 37 (1946) :: ''Mihr'', Op. 60 (1945) :: ''Ko-ola-u'', Op. 136 (1962) :: ''O Lord, Bless Thy Mountains'' for 2 pianos tuned a quarter-tone apart, Op. 276 (1974) * Dorothy Howell (composer), Dorothy Howell (1898–1982) :: ''Spindrift'' (1920) :: ''Recuerdos Preciosos'' (1934) :: ''Mazurka'' (1937) * Manuel Infante (1883–1958) :: ''3 Danzas Andaluzas'' (1922) * Charles Ives (1874–1954) :: ''Burlesque Storm'' :: Three Quarter-Tone Pieces for 2 pianos tuned a quarter-tone apart * Nikolai Kapustin (1937–2020) :: Paraphrase On Dizzy Gillespile's ''Manteca'', Op. 129 (2006) *

(1923–2006) :: Three Pieces – ''Monument – Selbstporträt – Bewegung'' (1976) *

(1811–1886) :: ''Grosses Konzertstück über Themen aus Mendelssohns Lieder ohne Worte'', S. 257 (1834) :: ''Concerto pathétique'', S. 258 (1855,66) :: ''Réminiscences de Don Juan'', S. 656 (1877). Arr. Franz Liszt * Witold Lutosławski (1913–1994) :: ''Variations on a Theme by Niccolò Paganini, Paganini'' (1941) * Peter Machajdík (1961) :: ''It's not the Mist'' for two pianos (2018) :: ''Déjà vu'' for two pianos (2015) * Andrew March (1973) :: ''Nymphéas for Two Pianos'' (2001)

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(1890–1959) :: ''La Fantaisie'', H 180 (1929) :: ''Trois Danses Tchèques pour deux pianos'', H 324 (1949) :: Impromptu, H 359 (1956) * Grace-Evangeline Mason (1994–) :: ''Pinhole Planetarium, Seeing Stars'' (2018) *

(1809–1847) :: ''Duo concertant'', WoO 25 (1833) * Olivier Messiaen (1908–1992) :: ''Visions de l'Amen'' (1943) *

(1892–1974) :: ''Scaramouche'', Op. 165b, after the incidental music ''Le médécin volant'' (1937) :: ''Carnaval à la Nouvelle-Orléans'', Op. 275 (1947) *

(1756–1791) :: Fugue in C minor, K. 426 (1783) :: Sonata for Two Pianos in D major (Mozart), Sonata in D major, K. 448/375a (1781) :: Piano Sonata No. 16 (Mozart), Sonata in C major, K. 545 (1788). Arr. by

* Lior Navok (1971) :: ''The Little Mermaid'', for two pianos and chamber ensemble / orchestra (2006) * Luis de Pablo (1930-2021) :: ''Móvil I'' (1957) :: ''Amable sombra'' (1989) * Astor Piazzolla (1921–1992) :: ''Suite portena de ballet'' *

(1899–1963) :: ''Le voyage en Amérique'', FP (Poulenc)#149, FP 149 (1951, music for film) :: ''L'Embarquement pour Cythère'', FP (Poulenc)#150, FP 150 (1951, after ''Le voyage en Amérique'') :: Sonata for Two Pianos, FP (Poulenc)#156, FP 156 (1953) :: ''Capriccio for 2 pianos'', FP (Poulenc)#155, FP 155 (1952, after ''Le bal Masqué'') :: ''Elégie (en accords alternés)'', FP (Poulenc)#175, FP 175 (1959) *

(1873–1943) :: ''Russian Rhapsody (Rachmaninoff), Russian Rhapsody in E minor'' (1891) :: ''Suite No. 1 (Rachmaninoff), Suite No. 1'', Op. 5 (1893) :: ''Suite No. 2 (Rachmaninoff), Suite No. 2'', Op. 17 (1901) :: ''Symphonic Dances (Rachmaninoff), Symphonic Dances'', Op. 45 (1940). Arr. by Sergei Rachmaninoff *

(1875–1937) :: ''Sites auriculaires'' (1895–97) :: ''Rapsodie espagnole'' (1907) :: ''La Valse''. Arr. by Maurice Ravel * Alan Rawsthorne (1905–1971) :: Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra (1968) *

(1873–1916) :: Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Beethoven, Op. 86 (1904) :: Introduction, Passacaglia and Fugue in B Minor, Op. 96 (1906) :: Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Mozart, Op. 132a (1914; arrangement by the composer) *

(1952-2024) :: ''Sätze'' (1970; op. 6) :: ''Maske'' (1985) :: ''Über-Schrift'' (1992–2003) *

(1835–1921) :: ''Variations sur un thème de Beethoven'', Op. 35 (1874) :: ''Caprice arabe'', Op. 96 (1884) :: Polonaise, Op. 77 (1885) :: Scherzo, Op. 87 (1889) :: ''Caprice héroïque'', Op. 106 (1898) *

(1810–1856) :: Andante and variations, Op. 46, (1843) * Alexander Scriabin (1872–1915) :: ''Fantasy in A minor'', Op. posth. (1890) * Dmitri Shostakovich (1906–1975) :: ''Suite for Two Pianos'', Op. 6 (1922) :: ''Concertino'', Op. 94 (1953) *

(1928–2007) ::''Mantra (Stockhausen), Mantra'' (1970) *

(born 1966) :: ''De capa caída'' (2000) *

(1882–1971) :: '' Rite of Spring'' (1913). Arr. by Vyacheslav Gryaznov :: ''Valse des fleurs'' (1914) :: ''Concerto for Two Pianos (Stravinsky), Concerto for Two Pianos'' (1935) :: ''Tango (Stravinsky), Tango'' (1940). Arr. by Victor Babin :: Sonata for Two Pianos (Stravinsky), Sonata for Two Pianos (1943) * Adrian Sutton (born 1967) :: ''Bicycle Dance In Lanes Of Leaves And Light'' (1998) * Attila Szervác (1973-) ::''vostanco – a Libre art canon for 2 pianos'' (1992) * Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) :: ''Waltz'' from the opera Eugene Onegin (opera), Eugene Onegin (1878). Arr. by Victor Babin *Joan Trimble (1915–2000) ::''The Humours of Carrick'' (1938) ::''The Bard of Lisgoole'' (1938) ::''Buttermilk Point'' (1938) ::Sonatina (1940) ::''The Green Bough'' (1941) ::''Pastorale (Hommage à F. Poulenc)'' (1943) ::''The Gartan Mother's Lullaby'' (1949) ::''The Heather Glen'' (1949) ::''Puck Fair'' (1951) * Davide Verotta (1958-) :: Crisp, for two Pianos (2020
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* Massimiliano Viel (1964-) :: ''Corale'' (1997) *Jacob Weinberg (1879-1956) ::Sonata for Two Pianos in E-flat major (1908); unpublished *

(born 1938) :: ''The Mission of Virgil'' (1993) :: ''Fifty Fifty'' (2002) in honor of Oliver Knussen's 50th birthday * Ivan Wyschnegradsky (1893–1979) ** The following works are all for 2 pianos tuned a quarter-tone apart: :: ''Quatre fragments'', Op. 5 (1918) :: ''Dithyrambe'', Op. 12 (1923–24) :: ''Prélude et danse'', Op. 16 (1926) :: 2 ''Études de concert'', Op. 19 (1931) :: ''Étude en forme de scherzo'', Op. 20 (1931) :: ''Prélude et fugue'', Op. 21 (1932) :: 24 ''Préludes dans tous les tons de l'échelle chromatique diatonisée à 13 sons'', Op. 22 (1934, 1960) :: 2 Fugues, Op. 32 (1951) :: ''Études sur les densités et les volumes'', Op. 39b (1956) :: ''Dialogue à deux'', Op. 41 (1958–1973) :: ''Composition II'', Op. 46b (1960) :: ''Intégrations'', Op. 49 (1962) * Tomislav Zografski (1934–2000) :: ''Sonatina for Two Pianos'' Op. 142 (1969) :: ''Sonata for Two Pianos'' Op. 122 (1990)

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