DergiPark: 583433bmsdThe instrumentalminiature in Albanian music is related to the beginnings of the professionalmusic composition. The instrumental miniature in general and especially theminiature for piano have got very rich history compared to the other genres ,starting with the first composition of Martin Gjoka “March in D major” for piano. The developmentof small forms at the time, although its simple musical language , shows theeffort to create an Albanian national music. As to the period after the SecondWorld War, the development of music had a new momentum and during this time were created a bignumber of works which were called miniatures. The priority to the miniatures ingeneral and the miniature for piano in particular has got different reasons ,but the main are the creation of a music education system which broughtabout the opening of the piano class andthe necessity of developing a nationalpedagogical and concert repertoire
