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Besides the usual three-movement works with the title " concerto ", many 19th-century composers wrote shorter pieces for solo instrument and orchestra, often bearing descriptive titles.

From around 1800 such pieces were often called Konzertstück or Phantasie by German composers.

Liszt wrote the Totentanz for piano and orchestra, a paraphrase of the Dies Irae.

Max Bruch wrote a popular Scottish Fantasy for violin and orchestra, César Franck wrote Les Djinns and Variations symphoniques, and Gabriel Fauré wrote a Ballade for piano and orchestra.

Tchaikovsky's Variations on a Rococo Theme for cello and orchestra have an important place in the instrument's repertoire.

Rachmaninoff's Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini is widely considered to be structured similarly to a piano concerto.