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.
Piano solo or solo piano
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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.
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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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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