Piano solo or solo piano

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Hector Pascal
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Post by Hector Pascal » Sat Sep 28, 2019 5:16 am

Hi all,

I am just trying to decide what would be best to use on the front cover of my piano piece:

Title
for piano solo
for solo piano
for pianoforte solo
for solo pianoforte
for piano
for pianoforte

What's your preference? Also, do publishers still use the term 'pianoforte' these days when publishing new piano pieces? I am tempted to use it.
Hector Pascal.


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David Ward
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Post by David Ward » Sat Sep 28, 2019 7:07 am

I'd use ‘for piano.’

I haven't heard anybody in the UK refer to a ‘pianoforte’ since my childhood (and I'm 78), though perhaps Jacob Rees-Mogg might.
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John Ruggero
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Post by John Ruggero » Sat Sep 28, 2019 11:55 pm

I also use "for piano". In the educational field they sometimes say "Intermediate Piano Solo". I think "pianoforte" went out around 1900.
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