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In the classical period, the Latin word opus ("work", "labour"), plural opera, was used to identify, list, and catalogue a work of art. [1]By the 15th and 16th centuries, the word opus was used by Italian composers to denote a specific musical composition, and by German composers for collections of music. [2]
In music, Op. 1 stands for Opus number 1. Compositions that are assigned this number include: Bach – Partitas for keyboard; Bartók – Rhapsody;
The Piano Sonata No. 2 in G minor, Op. 22 was composed by Robert Schumann from 1830 to 1834. [1] [a] It was one of his three full-length attempts at the sonata genre, the other completed ones being the Piano Sonata No. 1 in F sharp minor (Op. 11) and the Piano Sonata No. 3 in F minor (Op. 14). Because it was published only in 1839, three years ...
Cantique de Jean Racine (Chant by Jean Racine), Op. 11, is a composition for mixed choir and piano or organ by Gabriel Fauré.The text, "Verbe égal au Très-Haut" ("Word, one with the Highest"), is a French paraphrase by Jean Racine of a Latin hymn from the breviary for matins, Consors paterni luminis.
The pieces are frequently performed. Like Brahms's other late keyboard works, Op. 118 is more introspective than his earlier piano pieces, which tend to be more virtuosic in character. The six pieces are: Intermezzo in A minor. Allegro non assai, ma molto appassionato; Intermezzo in A major. Andante teneramente; Ballade in G minor. Allegro energico
Papillons (French for "butterflies"), Op. 2, is a suite of piano pieces written in 1831 by Robert Schumann when he was 21 years old. The work is meant to represent a masked ball and was inspired by Jean Paul's novel Flegeljahre [] (The Awkward Age).
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In music, Op. 3 stands for Opus number 3. Compositions that are assigned this number include: Bach – Organ concerto; Beethoven – String Trio; Berg – String Quartet; Britten – A Boy Was Born; Chopin – Introduction and Polonaise brillante; Dvořák – Symphony No. 1 in C minor "The Bells of Zlonice" Gottschalk – La Savane