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- It was between Chopin 's nineteenth and his twenty-fifth year that he composed the twelve etudes (Op. 10) which revealed more than any others his extraordinary genius.
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Jan 6, 2016 · Study Guide - Chopin's op.25. The list below is an attempt to complete the list of Chopin's compositions, genre by genre. For each genre, the opus number, key of the work and composition year together with possible necessary additional information are included. The opus number 1 to 65 was published during the lifetime of Chopin.
The Etudes of Chopin and How They Ought to be Practiced. Etude Magazine. February, 1920. At less than twenty years of age (October 20, 1829) Chopin wrote from Warsaw to his friend, Titus Woyciechowski, "I have composed an etude after my own peculiar manner."
- Étude Op. 10, No. 1 – “Waterfall”
- Étude Op. 10, No. 3 – “Tristesse”
- Étude Op. 10, No. 5 – “Black Keys”
- Étude Op. 10, No. 8 – “Sunshine”
- Étude Op. 10, No. 12 – “Revolutionary”
- Étude Op. 25, No. 1 – “Aeolian Harp”
- Étude Op. 25, No. 2 – “The Bees”
- Étude Op. 25, No. 5 – “Wrong Note”
- Étude Op. 25, No. 7 – “Cello”
- Étude Op. 25, No. 9 – “Butterfly”
Chopin’s first étude focuses on a rippling chord progression. The piece is composed in the same ternary (or A-B-A) form as most of his Op. 10 études, introducing two ideas before coming back to repeat the first. In the “Waterfall” étude, rapid-fire notes in the right hand cascade so quickly that Vladimir Horowitz himself labeled it Chopin’s most tr...
Chopin himself called the melody in his third étude one of his most beautiful. The theme has been set to words many times and is the basis of both the song “Survival” by Muse and a tango called “La melodia del corazon.” None of the nicknames for this études were coined by the composer himself, but some of the colloquial ones just stuck, including “...
This étude gets its nickname from the quick accompaniment in the right hand, which is played primarily on the black keys of the piano. This quirk is the étude’s technical challenge, since it is rare to demand such rapid figures on the black keys alone. A secret: some editions suggest that there should be one white key note in the right hand, when i...
A quick trill in the right hand begins this brilliant, bright étudeThough many of Chopin’s Op. 10 études are in ternary form (A-B-A’), the form of this piece is slightly modified. The first theme, which begins in a sunny F major, modulates to a partly cloudy D minor, with a strong chance of rain. After a period of stormy tension, the piece returns ...
The last etude of the Op. 10 set tells the most personal story of any of Chopin’s early works. It was written during the failed November Uprising of 1831, when Russian forces crushed the Polish mutineers who challenged the empire’s reign. When Chopin, excluded from the defense of his country because of an illness, heard of the Poles’ defeat, he wro...
A fascinating instrument, the aeolian harpis not meant to be played by human hands. Named after Aeolus, the Keeper of the Winds in Greek mythology, this instrument’s delicate strings resonate with the wind as it rustles by. Many have heard the rustling wind in the first étude of the Op. 25 set, in which the fingers must breeze across the keys. The ...
This étude derives its playful nickname from its melody in perpetual motion, which buzzes with gentle chromaticism and meanders like a bee from flower to flower. The pianist must play eighth-note triplets in the right hand and quarter-note triplets in the left hand, creating tricky polyrhythm, all while flying in a smooth, legato manner across the ...
The “Wrong Note” étude suffers from a popular misnomer – all of the notes are intentional, but the first melodic theme is riddled with intervals of a minor half-step, or minor second, which is the closest together two notes can be on a traditional piano. The second theme of the étude, also in the example above, does not contain as many half-steps a...
Although Op. 25, No. 7 is marked a stately, slow Lento, it’s not without its classic Chopin flourishes. Its nickname comes from the left hand, which explores the range of the cello. Nevertheless, the primary technical challenge here is achieving a proper balance between the lyrical themes in the left hand and other musical material heard in the rig...
The second of the Chopin études in the key of G-flat major, the “Butterfly” lives up to its popular nickname in many ways. It is fluttery and compact – the shortest Chopin étude, lasting under a minute in performance. The “butterfly” effect is achieved by a repeated pattern in the right hand: the first sixteenth note in a beat jumps an octave to th...
Genre classics like the Revolutionary Étude (no. 12 in the second set, written in 1831) are now concert staples for any self-respecting solo pianist, and you can pretty much guarantee that all the great soloists over the years have spent many practice room hours deeply lost in the sacred pages of the Études, as well as countless concerts too.
Jan 7, 2016 · Study Guide - Chopin's op.25. If the Op.10 études were the first revelation of Chopin s genius and transition into musical maturity, then the Op.25 set must be regarded as the completion of this process and, in addition, stands as the landmark of Chopin s second stage of development as the finest virtuoso pianist and composer of all time.
All twenty-seven Études were published during Chopin's lifetime; Opus 10, the first group of twelve were written between 1829 and 1832, and were published in 1833, in France, Germany, and England. The twelve Études of Opus 25 were composed at various times between 1832 and 1836, and were published in the same countries in 1837.
Back to Frédéric Chopin. Frédéric Chopin Twelve Études, op. 25 1832–1835 · Chomiński 26–37 · Brown 78, ... National Edition · 2 (A II) · Etudes · ed ...
