5 D minor
4 C minor, E flat major, A minor
3 C major, F major, G major
2 B flat major
1 E minor, F minor, G minor, A major, B flat minor
The key of a piece is its tonal centre of gravity. A key signature is an orthographical
device. The key signature of each piece is, however, usually a reliable guide to its key.
I was able to assign keys to 33 of the 37 concertos.
There were piano concertos in 13 keys. This compared with the piano pieces which were
in 21 keys.
Just over one-half of the 33 piano concertos were in a major key and just under one-half
were in a minor key. This was consistent in each quartile. This compared with 2/3 and
1/3 for the piano pieces.
Composers passed over by voters
Haydn: D major concerto
Mendelssohn: G minor concerto
Franck: Variations Symphoniques
Dohnányi: Variations on a Nursery Rhyme
Bartók: Concerto no. 3
Khachaturian: Concerto D flat major
Concertos passed over by voters
Liszt: Concerto no. 2 A major
Prokofiev: Concertos nos 1 and 2
Analysis
Beethoven topped the list with his Emperor concerto. His other piano concertos (with the
exception of the B flat piano concerto and his transcription of his violin concerto) were
included.