A concert piece (

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: pièce de concert, also morceau de concert) is a

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, in most cases in one

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, intended for performance in a concert. Usually it is written for one or more virtuoso instrumental soloists and orchestral or piano accompaniment.Konzertstück ou Concertstuck
at Larousse website In some cases concert pieces start with a separate opening movement, or are otherwise in more than one movement or section. A piece that presents itself as a miniature

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is rather called concertino than concert piece, although in German several such concertinos are known as ''Konzertstücke''. For instance Siegfried Wagner's Flute Concertino was published as . Incomplete concerto movements by Beethoven and Schubert were retroactively designated as concert pieces. Schumann's 1841 Fantasia for piano and orchestra, in form similar to

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Konzertstück A concert piece (German: Konzertstück; French: pièce de concert, also morceau de concert) is a musical composition, in most cases in one movement, intended for performance in a concert. Usually it is written for one or more virtuoso instrumental ...

, was later rewritten and expanded with two further movements into his Piano Concerto Op. 54. When the soloist is a vocalist, the piece rather belongs to the concert aria genre. Some concert pieces are written for instrumental soloists exclusively, while also concert pieces for orchestra without soloist exist. In this sense as well Chopin's '' Allegro de concert'' for solo piano as Tchaikovsky's ''

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'' for orchestra can be called concert pieces. A

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is an overture which is conceived as a stand-alone concert piece.

Examples

* Arnold Bax: Concert Piece for Viola and Piano * Ludwig van Beethoven: ** Konzertstück for violin and orchestra (a.k.a. Violin Concerto movement) in C major, WoO 5 ** Rondo for piano and orchestra in B-flat major, WoO 6 * Franz Berwald: * Max Bruch: , in two movements, Op. 84 *

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: , BV 236 (Op. 31a)Busoni: Works for Piano and Orchestra
at * Cécile Chaminade: , Op. 40 * Hugo Distler: Konzertstück for piano and orchestra, Op. post. * George Enescu: *

Carl Filtsch Carl Filtsch (28 May 1830 – 11 May 1845) was a Transylvanian pianist and composer. He was a child prodigy, and student of Frédéric Chopin.Szulc, Tad (1998). Chopin in Paris: the life and times of the romantic composer. Pg 301. Simon and Schu ...

: Konzertstück for piano and orchestra *

Friedrich Grützmacher Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig Grützmacher (1 March 1832 – 23 February 1903) was a noted German cellist and composer in the second half of the 19th century. He composed mostly for cello (including several concertos and many technical studies), but a ...

: Two for cello and piano, Op. 32 * Paul Hindemith: ** Konzertstück (also known as Concertino) for Trautonium (or clarinet) and strings ** Konzertstück for two

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s * Mauricio Kagel: ** Konzertstück for timpani and orchestra ** ''Opus 1.991 — Concert piece for orchestra'' *

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

: Concert Pieces and for clarinet, basset horn and piano (or orchestra). *

Carl Reinecke Carl Heinrich Carsten Reinecke (23 June 182410 March 1910) was a German composer, conductor, and pianist in the mid-Romantic era. Biography Reinecke was born in what is today the Hamburg district of Altona; technically he was born a Dane, as ...

: Konzertstück for piano and orchestra, Op. 33 *

Camille Saint-Saëns Charles-Camille Saint-Saëns (; 9 October 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 C ...

: ** in E minor, Op. 62 ** in F minor, Op. 94 ** in G major, Op. 154 * Franz Schubert: in D major, 345 *

Robert Schumann Robert Schumann (; 8 June 181029 July 1856) was a German composer, pianist, and influential music critic. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest composers of the Romantic era. Schumann left the study of law, intending to pursue a career a ...

: ** in F major, Op. 86 ** Introduction and Allegro appassionato for piano and orchestra, Op. 92 ** Concert Allegro with Introduction for piano and orchestra, Op. 134 * Charles Villiers Stanford: Concert Piece for Organ and Orchestra, Op. 181Stanford: Concert Piece for Organ and Orchestra Op. 181
at * Carl Maria von Weber: Konzertstück in F minor for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 79, J. 282

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