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What are really cool songs to play on the piano?

Classical Music

* Beethoven's "Für Elise"

* Chopin's "Nocturne in E-flat major, Op. 9, No. 2"

* Debussy's "Clair de Lune"

* Mozart's "Sonata No. 11 in A major, K. 331"

* Bach's "Prelude in C major, BWV 846"

Pop Music

* Adele's "Someone Like You"

* Coldplay's "Viva la Vida"

* Ed Sheeran's "Thinking Out Loud"

* Taylor Swift's "Shake It Off"

* Sam Smith's "Stay with Me"

Movie Themes

* "The Godfather" by Nino Rota

* "Star Wars" by John Williams

* "Pirates of the Caribbean" by Hans Zimmer

* "The Lord of the Rings" by Howard Shore

* "Harry Potter" by John Williams

Jazz Standards

* "All of Me" by Seymour Simons and Gerald Marks

* "My Funny Valentine" by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart

* "Summertime" by George Gershwin and DuBose Heyward

* "Autumn Leaves" by Joseph Kosma and Jacques Prévert

* "Blue Moon" by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart

Folk Songs

* "Scarborough Fair" (traditional)

* "The Sound of Silence" by Paul Simon

* "Imagine" by John Lennon

* "Hallelujah" by Leonard Cohen

* "Bridge over Troubled Water" by Paul Simon

Musical Theatre

* "Defying Gravity" from Wicked

* "Somewhere" from West Side Story

* "The Music of the Night" from The Phantom of the Opera

* "I Dreamed a Dream" from Les Misérables

* "Circle of Life" from The Lion King

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