Top 10 Shortest Pieces by Famous Classical Composers

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Enjoy this video showing the shortest pieces by classial composer ranked from 10th to 1st place.

0:00 10th Place: Frédéric Chopin - Preludes, Op.28, X. Molto allegro, 1838/1839
0:30 9th Place: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Children's Album, Op.39, XIII. Kamarinskaya, 1878
0:57 8th Place: Franz Schubert - 18 German Dances and Ecossaises, D.783, I. Ecossaise in B minor, 1823/1824
1:23 7th Place: Robert Schumann - Albumblätter, Op.124, XVII. Elfe, 1854
1:44 6th Place: Erik Satie - Sports et divertissements, III. La chasse, 1914
2:00 5th Place: Johannes Brahms - 51 Exercises, WoO 6, VIIa. C major, 1850–1893
2:14 4th Place: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Allegro in C major, K.1b, 1761
2:28 3rd Place: Ludwig van Beethoven - 11 Bagatelles, Op.119, X. Allegramente, 1822
2:41 2nd Place: Johann Sebastian Bach - Brandenburg Concerto No.3 in G major, BWV 1048, II. Adagio, 1718
2:53 1st Place: Franz Liszt - Album-Leaf 'Prélude Omnitonique', S.166e, 1840-1849

Composer(s): Various

Original Music: Various © (1761-1914)

[PianoMusicBros]

It's time to honor some of the shortest pieces ever made by classical composers. What's your favorite?

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[dimitriosmoreis]

I knew and heard Bach's very short preludes, but this... This is just wow.
True genius.

[glauberglousger]

Liszt still sounds like Liszt somehow

Also, didn’t expect him to show up much less be where he is

The others (4-1) I mostly knew about, the rest were new

[Estrosss]

As a huge fan of Erik Satie, I was absolutely ecstatic when i saw him on this list. Amazing!!!

[TheBeloved_RS]

0:00 DoggyLand
0:30 Aprile apple
0:57 Purple And Pink toys
1:23 Marveloz Tube
1:44 Coco Game book
2:00 Joy_Bamm
2:14 OKEH Gaming TV
2:28 PANTVE
2:41 Marah TV
2:53 DOMIK PEK

[yagiz]

I love how every composer has a context then there's Liszt..

Imagine just playing two random chords and just accidently you just performance an entire bach piece

[pdqbachfan]

Regarding the Bach piece:

“The second movement consists of a single measure with the two chords that make up a 'Phrygian half cadence and—although there is no direct evidence to support it—it was likely that these chords are meant to surround or follow a cadenza improvised by a harpsichord or violin player. Modern performance approaches range from simply playing the cadence with minimal ornamentation (treating it as a sort of "musical semicolon"), to inserting movements from other works, to cadenzas varying in length from under a minute to over two minutes.” - Wikipedia

[Johnadams]

mozart's was literally his first piece he wrote bfore his 5th birthday.

[Rickkeys]

There is this really underrated piece by chopin called cantibile in b flat major which lasts only a minute so that should be on the list

[catgirlx]

last one sounds like when you're running out of time in mario

[miguelp]

for sure, with 40 hours of training I can play the penultimate song with difficulty 😃👍🏻

[saldana]

And the Bach one is actually a concerto, not even an exercise 😂😂

[greenblade]

They made ringtones before they even existed!

[easypianotutorial]

Liszt was on fire when he wrote prelude omnitonique

[Liszthesis]

I would like to tell about that there is also an even shorter piece from Liszt's and it is the Ghent Album-Leaf S.163g, it is just 6 notes and almost a 1 or 2 seconds long, I like to spread some Liszt curiosities that probably no one it is interested about lol

[ethancolmancomposer]

I don’t know if I would count Liszt’s album leaves. They are just fragments of finished and unfinished works.

[nachitox]

The Shortest Musical Piece In The World Is: Instrumental Draft, Bia. 849 (Last Notes By Beethoven). It Was Written On March 1827, Ten Or Twelve Days Before His Death.

[noahc]

Imagine being so popular that someone identifies two chords you randomly play as a piece... gotta feel great huh

[cantkeepitin]

The best short piece is for me clearly Chopin's op 28 Number 22! From Pollini 's old DG record.