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Minute Waltz by Frédéric Chopin

Artist Biography For Frédéric Chopin

Frédéric François Chopin 1 March 1810 – 17 October 1849 Was A Polish Composer And Virtuoso Pianist Of The Romantic Era Who Wrote Primarily For Solo Piano. He Has Maintained Worldwide Renown As A Leading Musician Of His Era One Whose "poetic Genius Was Based On A Professional Technique That Was Without Equal In His Generation." Chopin Was Born Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin In The Duchy Of Warsaw And Grew Up In Warsaw Which In 1815 Became Part Of Congress Poland. A Child Prodigy He Completed His Musical Education And Composed His Earlier Works In Warsaw Before Leaving Poland At The Age Of 20 Less Than A Month Before The Outbreak Of The November 1830 Uprising. At 21 He Settled In Paris. Thereafter—in The Last 18 Years Of His Life—he Gave Only 30 Public Performances Preferring The More Intimate Atmosphere Of The Salon. He Supported Himself By Selling His Compositions And By Giving Piano Lessons For Which He Was In High Demand. Chopin Formed A Friendship With Franz Liszt And Was Admired By Many Of His Other Musical Contemporaries including Robert Schumann . In 1835 Chopin Obtained French Citizenship. After A Failed Engagement To Maria Wodzińska From 1836 To 1837 He Maintained An Often Troubled Relationship With The French Writer Amantine Dupin known By Her Pen Name George Sand . A Brief And Unhappy Visit To Majorca With Sand In 1838–39 Would Prove One Of His Most Productive Periods Of Composition. In His Final Years He Was Supported Financially By His Admirer Jane Stirling Who Also Arranged For Him To Visit Scotland In 1848. For Most Of His Life Chopin Was In Poor Health. He Died In Paris In 1849 At The Age Of 39 Probably Of Pericarditis Aggravated By Tuberculosis. All Of Chopin's Compositions Include The Piano. Most Are For Solo Piano Though He Also Wrote Two Piano Concertos A Few Chamber Pieces And Some 19 Songs Set To Polish Lyrics. His Piano Writing Was Technically Demanding And Expanded The Limits Of The Instrument His Own Performances Were Noted For Their Nuance And Sensitivity. Chopin Invented The Concept Of The Instrumental Ballade. His Major Piano Works Also Include Mazurkas Waltzes Nocturnes Polonaises Études Impromptus Scherzos Preludes And Sonatas Some Published Only Posthumously. Among The Influences On His Style Of Composition Were Polish Folk Music The Classical Tradition Of J.S. Bach Mozart And Schubert And The Atmosphere Of The Paris Salons Of Which He Was A Frequent Guest. His Innovations In Style Harmony And Musical Form And His Association Of Music With Nationalism Were Influential Throughout And After The Late Romantic Period. Chopin's Music His Status As One Of Music's Earliest Superstars His indirect Association With Political Insurrection His High-Profile Love-Life And His Early Death Have Made Him A Leading Symbol Of The Romantic Era. His Works Remain Popular And He Has Been The Subject Of Numerous Films And Biographies Of Varying Historical Fidelity. Over 230 Works Of Chopin Survive Some Compositions From Early Childhood Have Been Lost. All His Known Works Involve The Piano And Only A Few Range Beyond Solo Piano Music As Either Piano Concertos Songs Or Chamber Music. Chopin Was Educated In The Tradition Of Beethoven Haydn Mozart And Clementi He Used Clementi's Piano Method With His Own Students. He Was Also Influenced By Hummel's Development Of Virtuoso Yet Mozartian Piano Technique. He Cited Bach And Mozart As The Two Most Important Composers In Shaping His Musical Outlook. Chopin's Early Works Are In The Style Of The "brilliant" Keyboard Pieces Of His Era As Exemplified By The Works Of Ignaz Moscheles Friedrich Kalkbrenner And Others. Less Direct In The Earlier Period Are The Influences Of Polish Folk Music And Of Italian Opera. Much Of What Became His Typical Style Of Ornamentation for Example His Fioriture Is Taken From Singing. His Melodic Lines Were Increasingly Reminiscent Of The Modes And Features Of The Music Of His Native Country Such As Drones. Chopin Took The New Salon Genre Of The Nocturne Invented By The Irish Composer John Field To A Deeper Level Of Sophistication. He Was The First To Write Ballades And Scherzi As Individual Concert Pieces. He Essentially Established A New Genre With His Own Set Of Free-Standing Preludes Op. 28 Published 1839 . He Exploited The Poetic Potential Of The Concept Of The Concert Étude Already Being Developed In The 1820s And 1830s By Liszt Clementi And Moscheles In His Two Sets Of Studies Op. 10 Published In 1833 Op. 25 In 1837 . Chopin Also Endowed Popular Dance Forms With A Greater Range Of Melody And Expression. Chopin's Mazurkas While Originating In The Traditional Polish Dance the Mazurek Differed From The Traditional Variety In That They Were Written For The Concert Hall Rather Than The Dance Hall As J. Barrie Jones Puts It "it Was Chopin Who Put The Mazurka On The European Musical Map." The Series Of Seven Polonaises Published In His Lifetime another Nine Were Published Posthumously Beginning With The Op. 26 Pair published 1836 Set A New Standard For Music In The Form. His Waltzes Were Also Written Specifically For The Salon Recital Rather Than The Ballroom And Are Frequently At Rather Faster Tempos Than Their Dance-Floor Equivalents. Read More On Last.Fm. User-Contributed Text Is Available Under The Creative Commons By-SA License Additional Terms May Apply.

Frogtoon Music - Song Info: Minute Waltz

The "Waltz In D Flat Major" Opus 64 No. 1 Popularly Known As The "Minute Waltz" Is A Waltz For Solo Piano By Frédéric Chopin. The Piece Is Given The Tempo Marking "Molto Vivace". He Wrote It In 1847 And Published It In Leipzig The Same Year As The First Of The Opus 64 Trois Valses Dedicating It To "To Mme. La Comtesse Delphine Potocka". Since The Second Waltz Is In The Key Of C-Sharp Minor The "Minute" Waltz Contrasts By Being In The Enharmonic Parallel Major Key D-Flat Major . Despite Its Nickname A Typical Performance Of The Work Will Last Between One And A Half And Two And A Half Minutes This Is Because Chopin's Publisher Who Coined The Nickname Intended The "minute" To Mean "small". The Waltz Though Considered By Many To Be Brilliant Is Not Grand Or Long. It Is More Playful Than Many Of The Other Waltzes. Camille Bourniquel One Of Chopin's Biographers Reminds The Reader That Chopin With This Waltz Was Trying To Depict A Dog Chasing Its Tail Indeed Chopin Originally Named The Piece "Petit Chien" Little Dog .

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