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Solo Piano Music by Henry Papale

(some very short, some very long) 
 

  • Op. 8B: 3 Preludes: The Walrus & the Carpenter: for my wife Roberta & the Green Hills, Ohio Grade School (1966) 3

  • Op. 11: Sonata VI for Piano 4

  • Op. 12: Sonata V  for Piano 5

  • Op 13: Night Musik I for Piano (Performed 2015, Pittsburgh, Eric Dzugan, pianist) 6 

  • Op. 14: Masque of the Red Death (Piano) (Performed 2015, Pittsburgh, Eric Dzugan, pianist) 7

  • Op. 15: Sonata IV for Piano 8

  • Op. 16: Sonata III for Piano 9

  • Op. 17: Sonata II for Piano 10

  • Op. 21: Seventeen Folksongs & Folk Hymns (Piano) (Selections performed 2015, Pittsburgh, Eric Dzugan, pianist)  27

  • Op. 27: Bagatelle for Piano 28

  • Op. 28: Threnody 1983 for Piano 29

  • Op. 29: Cyclic Preludes (29 Preludes) (Piano) (Performed at the State Street Concerts, Brooklyn New York, 1970) 58

  • Op. 33: Abstraction II for Piano 59

  • Op. 34: 29 Variations on a theme of Paganini (Piano) (Performed by Eric Dzugan in 1993 Duquesne Univ. & Recital 2015) 88

  • Op. 36: Quatre Hommages (Piano) (Selection performed by Eric Dzugan, Pittsburgh Recital, 2015) 92

  • Op. 37: Dance Fragment II (Piano) 93

  • Op. 38: First 19 Variations on St. James Infirmary (Piano) (final 12 variations completed in 2024- see Op. 176 #20-31) 112

  • Op. 39: Abstraction III (Piano) 113

  • Op. 40: Abstraction IV (Piano) 114

  • Op. 41: Seven Meditations (Piano)121

  • Op. 42: Abstraction V (Piano)122

  • Op. 43: Abstraction VI (Piano: Left Hand Alone)123

  • Op. 44: Nightmusik II (Piano) (Dedicated to and Performed by Eric Dzugan in 1993 Duquesne Univ. & Recital 2015) 124

  • Op. 45: Sonata I (Piano) 125

  • Op. 46: 7 Preludes (Piano) 132

  • Op. 47: Prelude (Piano)133

  • Op. 48: Toccata (Piano)134

  • Op. 54: Le Mois: Douze Preludes (Piano)146

  • Op. 56: 13 Silhouettes from Commedia Del’Arte (Piano) (Selections performed by Eric Dzugan at 2015 Piano Recital) 159

  • Op. 57: 13 Portraits (Piano) 172

  • Op. 65: Six Little Pieces (Piano) 178   

  • Op. 67: 57 Symmetric Dances (Easy Pieces for Piano to be used in Ballet Classes) 225

  • Op. 74F: Ten Musical Moments for Piano 235

  • Op. 98:  Sonatina for Piano 236

  • Op. 104:  3 Arabesque-Impromptus (Piano) 239

  • Op. 106:  3 Musical Moments (Piano) 242

  • Op. 107:  3 New Arabesque-Impromptus (Piano) 245

  • Op. 108:  Canonic Fantasy for Piano 246

  • Op. 110:  Sonatina # 2 for Piano 247

  • Op. 115: Piano Suite for Children 248

  • Op. 119:  Melody for Piano249

  • Op. 120:  2nd Canonic Fantasy (Piano) 250

  • Op. 122:  Eleven Preludes (Piano) 261

  • Op. 123:  3rd Canonic Fantasy (Piano) 262

  • Op. 130:  Cirque du Musique (Suite for Piano) 270

  • Op. 136:  Five X Five: Preludes for Piano (Lost?) 275

  • Op. 137:  Seven Pieces for Piano 282

  • Op. 150:  Suite: 5 Movements for Piano 283

  • Op. 155:  Preludes for Piano 284

  • Op. 159:  203 Tunes (183 for Piano, 20 for Strings)467

  • Op. 160:  25 Pieces for Piano including the following sets of variations: Camptown Races, Old Dog Tray, Maggie At My Side, Slumber My Darling, & Beautiful Dreamer 492

  • Op 163:  Suite for Piano (7 movements) 496

  • Op. 168:  Sonata Contrapunctus: for Piano 500

  • Op. 169:  9 Pieces for Piano in ¾ Meter on a Triadic Motive 509

  • Op. 172:  Monothematic Suite for Piano (4 movements) 513         

  • Op. 173:  10 Pieces for Piano 523                           

  • Op. 174:  Six Pieces for Piano 529                          

  • Op. 176: 14 Pieces for Piano including 4 sets of Variations543

  • Op. 180:  Rondo for Piano 544

  • Op. 185:  No. 2. Fantasiestucke for Piano, No. 3. Elegy for Roberta (Piano), No. 4

  • Op. 185A: 2 Minutes & 47 Seconds for Piano 547

  • Op. 190: Suite in 5 Movements for Piano

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