Frédéric Chopin's Four Ballades are single-movement pieces for solo piano, composed between 1831 and 1842. They are considered to be some of the most important...
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nobility. In the preface to his edition of Chopin's ballades, Alfred Cortot claims that the inspiration for this ballade is Adam Mickiewicz's poem The Three...
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The Ballade No. 3 in A♭ major, Op. 47, is the third of Chopin's ballades for solo piano. It was composed in 1841 and published the same year. It is the...
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nineteenth century, Robert Schumann and Carl Loewe also composed ballades. Ballades have often been characterized as "narrative" in style, "[musical]...
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Barrie Jones suggests that "amongst the works that Chopin intended for concert use, the four ballades and four scherzi stand supreme", and adds that "the...
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instruments. His larger scale works such as sonatas, the four scherzi, the four ballades, the Fantaisie in F minor, Op. 49, and the Barcarolle in F♯ major, Op....
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works—the four ballades, the four scherzos and the two fantaisies (Op. 49 and 61). This musical transformation was preceded by Chopin's new attitude to...
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35, is a piano sonata in four movements by Polish composer Frédéric Chopin. Chopin completed the work while living in George Sand's manor in Nohant, some...
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piece composed by Frédéric Chopin in 1830 and published in 1875. Chopin dedicated this work to his older sister Ludwika Chopin, with the statement: "To...
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Paderewski edition presented a "false image of Chopin's music in many aspects". The first volume of Ballades was published in 1967 by PWM Edition, featuring...
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(1992). "Extended forms: the ballades, scherzos and fantasies". In Samson, Jim (ed.). The Cambridge Companion to Chopin. Cambridge University Press. pp...
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Karol Mikuli (category Pupils of Frédéric Chopin)
Dictionary of Music and Musicians, 5th ed, 1954 Chopin, Frédéric. Mikuli, Carl (Editor). Complete Ballades, Impromptus and Sonatas Dover Publications (1...
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The great bulk of Frédéric Chopin's output consists of pieces for solo piano: his ballades, études, impromptus, mazurkas, nocturnes, polonaises, preludes...
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International Chopin Piano Competition (Polish: Międzynarodowy Konkurs Pianistyczny im. Fryderyka Chopina), often referred to as the Chopin Competition...
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Frédéric Chopin was separated from his body after he died in Paris, France, on 17 October 1849, aged 39. The Polish composer Frédéric Chopin had a fear...
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Frédéric Chopin's Variations on "Là ci darem la mano" for piano and orchestra, Op. 2, was written in 1827, when he was aged 17. "Là ci darem la mano" is...
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Chopin: Desire for Love (Polish: Chopin. Pragnienie miłości) is a film created by the director Jerzy Antczak based on the life story of the Polish pianist...
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Yundi (category International Chopin Piano Competition winners)
released recordings of Schumann Fantasie, The Art of Yundi, Chopin prelude, and Chopin ballades, berceuse and mazurkas. Yundi launched his "Piano Dream"...
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Nicolas Chopin (in Polish: Mikołaj Chopin; 15 April 1771 – 3 May 1844) was a teacher of the French language in Partitioned Poland, and father of Polish...
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Barcarolle in F-sharp major, Op. 60, is a piece for solo piano by Frédéric Chopin, composed between autumn of 1845 and summer 1846, three years before his...
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Scelsi: Preludes (Arts, 2009) ] Chopin: 4 Ballades, Fantaisie, Barcarolle (Arts, 2008) Chopin: Polonaises (CD part of the Chopin Complete Piano Works, Brilliant...
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Beethoven – Piano Sonata No. 7 Brahms – 4 Ballades Britten – Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge Chopin – Études Op. 10 Dohnányi – Serenade in C major...
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Most of Chopin's compositions were for solo piano, although he did compose two piano concertos (his concertos No. 1 and No. 2 are two of the romantic piano...
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Andrei Gavrilov (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
16/2, 4; Etude, Op. 42/5. 1984/1985 Chopin: Piano Sonata No. 2; Ballades No. 1, No. 2, No. 3, No. 4 1985/1987 Chopin: Etudes, Opp. 10, 25. 1986 J. S. Bach:...
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feels that the pieces are "more aptly described as ballades in miniature." Huneker, James G. (1966). Chopin: The Man and his Music. New York: Dover Publ. p...
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Frédéric Chopin's disease and the reason for his premature death at age 39 were frequently debated for over 150 years. Although he was diagnosed with and...
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Bolet, Philharmonia Orchestra, Charles Groves, Medici Arts 1333 DVD Chopin, Four Ballades, Opp. 23, 38, 47, 52; Barcarolle Op. 60; Fantaisie Op. 49. London...
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Kevin Kenner (category Prize-winners of the International Chopin Piano Competition)
performance I have ever heard in the concert hall of all four of Chopin's Ballades".[1] The Financial Times in London described Kenner as a "player of...
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Bruce Liu (category International Chopin Piano Competition winners)
2021, he rose to widespread renown after winning the XVIII International Chopin Piano Competition. Liu was born in Paris to Chinese parents from Beijing...
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in The 1st International Chopin Competition on Period Instruments in September 2018. Yuan Sheng. Frederic Chopin. Ballades Nos 1-4/Impromptus Nos 1-4...
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