Music described as piano six hands (or piano triet) is for three pianists at one piano, as distinct from piano duet which is music for two pianists at one piano, and from piano trio

Piano trio

A piano trio is a group of piano and two other instruments, usually a violin and a cello, or a piece of music written for such a group. It is one of the most common forms found in classical chamber music...

 which is music for piano, violin and cello. Not much music has been written for this combination, although there are several arrangements of music originally written for other forces.

Examples

Compositions include 5 pieces by Percy Grainger

Percy Grainger

George Percy Aldridge Grainger , known as Percy Grainger, was an Australian-born composer, arranger and pianist. In the course of a long and innovative career he played a prominent role in the revival of interest in British folk music in the early years of the 20th century. He also made many...

, Sergei Rachmaninoff

Sergei Rachmaninoff

Sergei Vasilievich Rachmaninoff was a Russian composer, pianist, and conductor. Rachmaninoff is widely considered one of the finest pianists of his day and, as a composer, one of the last great representatives of Romanticism in Russian classical music...

's Romance and Valse, Alfred Schnittke

Alfred Schnittke

Alfred Schnittke ; November 24, 1934 – August 3, 1998) was a Russian and Soviet composer. Schnittke's early music shows the strong influence of Dmitri Shostakovich. He developed a polystylistic technique in works such as the epic First Symphony and First Concerto Grosso...

's Hommage, Carl Czerny

Carl Czerny

Carl Czerny was an Austrian pianist, composer and teacher. He is best remembered today for his books of études for the piano. Czerny's music was profoundly influenced by his teachers, Muzio Clementi, Johann Nepomuk Hummel, Antonio Salieri and Ludwig van Beethoven.-Early life:Carl Czerny was born...

's op.17 and 741, Jean Cras

Jean Cras

Jean Émile Paul Cras was a 20th century French composer and career naval officer. His musical compositions were inspired by his native Brittany, his travels to Africa, and most of all, by his sea voyages...

's "Âmes d’enfants", Paul Robinson's "Pensees" and "Monmartre", various pieces by German composer Armin Fuchs, Bulgarian composer Tomislav Baynov's "Metrorhythmia 1", John Pitts

John Pitts (composer)

John Pitts, sometimes credited as John Michael Pitts, is a British composer, who studied Music at Bristol and Manchester Universities. He was winner of the Philharmonia Orchestra Martin Musical Scholarship Fund Composition Prize 2003, and twice SPNM-shortlisted. Composer of the album of piano...

's "Are You Going?", Greek composer Dionysis Boukouvalas

Dionysis Boukouvalas

Dionysis Boukouvalas is a Greek composer, pianist and musicologist.As a pianist he is particularly interested in improvisation, his main influences being Keith Jarrett and Wim Mertens....

's "Fantasy on a theme by Steve Reich", Canadian composer Paul Frehner's "Slowdown.", American composer Eric Quezada's Scherzo for 1 Piano 6 hands Op.5