Tell us about your experience in long pieces. Can be time-wise or page-wise. The longest ive seen is Beethoven's last sonata, op.111, second movement. The timing in the middle is hard too.

Well, chopin's sonata number 3.

the first movment i think is 6-7 pages,

the second 4

the 3rd like 13 or so pages,

the 4th i think is like 18 pages or more.

Let's see... Beethoven's op.111 is 13 pages, but slow.

Numerous Sonatinas and Sonatas are the longest I've seen when they have 4 or more movements. I love them both so much that I generally play them all the way through, variations are fun. Longest song I've memorized was 7 pages though, "Rustles of Spring".

Well, chopin's sonata number 3.

the first movment i think is 6-7 pages,

the second 4

the 3rd like 13 or so pages,

the 4th i think is like 18 pages or more.

omg.........@_@ how the heck do you fit all those pages on a music stand? (when your first learning and memorizing it......)

Actually, i saw a piece with 35 pages!!!!!!!! O_O

Actually, i saw a piece with 35 pages!!!!!!!! O_O

holy.......... :kfreaked: how could someone fit that on a music stand? :blink:

In a competition, I played a 38-page long piece (though it's only really half that much, since it's piano + orchestra): Chopin Concerto in em, mvt 1. I have learned the other two movements...

I memorized a concerto movement in 2 weeks once...that was very stressful :P

isnt the messaih by handel like 40 pgs or somethign?

isnt the messaih by handel like 40 pgs or somethign?

the enitre piece, with the movements, but thats the conductors score.

i know beethoven's emperor concerto is about 25 pages long (first movement) for piano. the second is about 13 i think. and the last 16.

o well then that doesnt count.

still a long piece

o well then that doesnt count.

only some of the top BEST can just memorize the piece, well alone play it.
that's why the only time u hear beethoven's meperor concerto, it's always perfect. it's the talent to remember.

The longest peice for the piano in the world ever written was by a french guy it is 18 hours long. usually it is played by two or three people who just take turns playing it. several people have tried to play it all the way through but so far nobody has been able to do it alone. I hear it is a very stupid peace.

The longest peice for the piano in the world ever written was by a french guy it is 18 hours long. usually it is played by two or three people who just take turns playing it. several people have tried to play it all the way through but so far nobody has been able to do it alone. I hear it is a very stupid peace.

it's tempo must be 40 = Sixty Fourth note lol.

in terms of pages, the longest piece i own in rachmaninov's 3rd concerto (my copy is 131 pages)

in terms of time- the longest piece ive heard of is a Sorabji work i wont even bother trying to spell. (plus, im getting sick of the sight of this composers name on every music forum)

true, the rach3 is very long.

in terms of pages, the longest piece i own in rachmaninov's 3rd concerto (my copy is 131 pages)

in terms of time- the longest piece ive heard of is a Sorabji work i wont even bother trying to spell. (plus, im getting sick of the sight of this composers name on every music forum)

131 PAGES!?!?!?!?!?! HOW CAN SOMEONE LEARN THAT? :blink: @_@

i don't know if it'd be fun to play anything past 50 pages. 131 pages is pretty insane

I have trouble with 5 page music T_T

But that manuscript must be like 5 pounds! How can you fit it on a stand!?

O.o... the longest i played on a music was 9 pages... and that was Every Heart (Boa) and i didnt even start really playing it... cause itz pretty hard the rythmic stuff at least... well for me :P

I think those 131 pages are half orchestra, so it isn't quite that bad...in addition, many people will just perform one movement at a time...

131 PAGES!?!?!?!?!?! HOW CAN SOMEONE LEARN THAT? :blink: @_@


Watch the movie "Shine"

I have trouble with 5 page music T_T

But that manuscript must be like 5 pounds! How can you fit it on a stand!?

My technique is to memorize em all. That's what i usually do to my pieces of chopin and beethoven. Plus, i think most of the concert pianist memorizes the pieces.

Yeah i usually just learn them off my heart too, it's really easy when you've been practising a song for so long. The longest piece i've ever attempted was Beethoven's Pathetique sonata, i love this one, i can play most of the first movement, all of the second and some of the last. Got lazy and didn't finish learning it :P