Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 expression. These elements would eventually play a significant role in Liszt's compositions. Although this prolific composer's works are highly varied in style, a relatively large part of his output is nationalistic in character, the "Hungarian Rhapsodies" being an ideal example. Composed in 1847 and dedicated to Count László Teleki, "Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2" was first published as a piano solo in 1851 by Senff and Ricordi. Its immediate success and popularity on the concert stage soon led to an orchestrated version, arranged by the composer in collaboration with Franz Doppler, and published by Schuberth. In addition to the orchestral version,
Concerto for solo piano The Slovak composer Ján Zimmer wrote, in addition to seven concertos for piano and orchestra, a "Concerto for Piano without orchestra", op. 23 (1955/1956). The piano concertos nos. 4 and 6 of Michael Finnissy are pieces for solo piano. John White has described his Piano Sonata No. 152 as a concerto for solo piano. Concerto for solo piano While a concerto is generally a piece for an instrument or instruments with orchestral accompaniment, some works for piano alone have been written with the seemingly contradictory designation concerto for solo piano. Although various "concert" pieces have been written across history (such