Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)
Rachmoninoff
W.A. Mozart wrote 27 concertos for Piano and Orchestra.
Chopin was a pianist, and everything he composed was for solo piano or included the piano. Vivaldi was a violinist and a teacher of violin, and he wrote hundreds of concertos for one or more violins and orchestra. Paganini was a violinist, and everything he wrote was for or included the violin.
Yes they did . Piano.
None of Beethoven's symphonies has a piano part. He wrote five concertos for piano accompanied by orchestra, and a Fantasy for piano, chorus and orchestra.
Only considering attested works, the number is 44 with the following distribution: piano (27), violin (5), horn (4), flute (1), bassoon (1), harp and flute (1), oboe (1), clarinet (1) for a total of 41 to which we can add 3 more: 1 sinfonian concertante for violin and viola 1 sinfonia concertante for oboe, clarinet, horn and bassoon 1 flute concerto (arrangement of bassoon concerto)
He wrote 5 piano concerti aswell as 2 piano concerti during his youth, one violin concerto which he later transcribed for piano and orchestra and he composed one 'triple' concerto for piano, violin and cello. He wrote a number of pieces for solo instrument and orchestra and an oboe concerto which was lost by publishers in the 1840's.
32 Beethoven actually wrote 38 piano sonatas, although 6 of them are without Opus numbers (WoO). True but no.33, 34 and 35 had ' to the Archbishop elector of Cologne Maxim. Frederick' and no. 36 had 'to Eleonore von Breuning' written next to them in brackets in my book.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart wrote many Piano Sonatas, Concertos, Duets, Trios, etc. There are probably anywhere between 200-300 piano pieces written by Mozart.
Mozart wrote 41 symphonies. He also wrote 19 piano sonatas. His concertos include 27 for piano, 3 for flute, 1 for clarinet, oboe and bassoon each.
He wrote 25 in a major key and only 2 in a minor key.
In 1924, American composer George Gershwin composed "Rhapsody in Blue" for solo piano and jazz band. The song was commissioned by bandleader Paul Whiteman.