The Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat major, op. 83 by Johannes Brahms, is separated by a gap of 22 years from his Piano Concerto No. 1. Brahms began work on it in 1878 and completed the piece in 1881 while in Pressbaum near Vienna. It is considered by many pianists and teachers alike to be one of the most difficult of all works for the piano. Unlike most concertos, which are in three movements, this piece is in four: Allegro non troppo Allegro appassionato Andante Allegretto grazioso The four movement form, together with the length of the work (a typical performance lasting around 50 minutes), means the concerto is close to being a symphony with piano solo. The concerto was one of the longest, if not the longest, ever written at that time. Despite its ambitious scale, when Brahms sent a copy of the completed score to his friend, the surgeon and violinist Theodore Billroth (to whom Brahms had dedicated his first two string quartets), he described the concerto as "some little piano pieces". Brahms was rather fond of mis-describing his music in this way - in a letter to Elisabeth von Herzogenberg, he called the second movement of this work a "tiny wisp of a scherzo", when it is in fact ten minutes long and very dramatic; similarly, he had written to his publisher of the generally cheerful Symphony No. 2 (1877) "the score is so sad you won't be able to bear it", also saying the sheet music should be printed with a funeral black border. The piece was given its public premiere in Budapest on November 9, 1881 with Brahms himself playing the solo part. Unlike the Piano Concerto No. 1, which was rather cooly received, the Piano Concerto No. 2 was a great success, and Brahms went on to play the piece in a number of successful concerts in Germany, Austria and the Netherlands, some conducted by Hans von Bülow.

If you have ever been to Disneyland... "Its a small world afterall"... need I say more?

Many minimalism songs last around two days! They have to bring on reservation performers, and people camp out all night in fields to listen. Many people who try and stay up to listen to it all pass out

The longest SONG I know is Trapped In The Closet by R. Kelly. It is a very interesting song if you can hear the whole thing. It is actaully a SONG and not just music! I have the WHOLE THING ON HERE LOL.

The longest song i have in my collection that i've heard on the radio is 'The Lost Tribe' (26:30mins) by Twelvetrees which is basically Flipper Dalton ( worked with The Prodigy and Dj Sasha)

This is the song that never ends, It just goes on and on my friend Some people started singing it, not knowing what it was, And they'll continue singing it forever just because —> An infinite loop song that REALLY never ends. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Song_That_Never_Ends

Victory at Sea composed by Richard Rogers is 13 hours long. Thats the longest non-improvised song that has a set tempo. The longest without a set tempo is a song written for organ which is supposed to last 639 years for no official tempo is given, and so the composers suggestion to play as slow as possible was taken literally.

LOngplayer www.longplayer.org is a compouter generated piece of music tghat is designed to play for 1000 years.

The Dutch National Anthem has 15 verses!

american pie, its old, but just lasts to frickin long....