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The Ballade No. 4 in F minor, Op. 52 is a ballade for solo piano by Frédéric Chopin, completed in 1842 in Paris and published in 1843 with a dedication to Baroness Charlotte de Rothschild. [1] Being his last published ballade, the piece is commonly considered one of the masterpieces of 19th-century piano music. [2] [3]
Most of the music consists of chamber music and concertos for string instruments, edited and annotated by such players as Ferdinand David, Friedrich Grützmacher, and Joseph Joachim. University of Leeds Cardiff University: Chopin's First Editions Online: early editions, Frédéric Chopin: All of the first impressions of Chopin's first editions.
Chopin's music, his status as one of music's earliest celebrities, 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.
Musicologist Hugo Leichtentritt (1874–1951) calls the étude a "moto perpetuo". [10] The transparent texture of nonstop semiquavers accompanied by a light "dancing" bass has its forerunners in Bach's Prelude No. 5 in D major (BWV 850) from the first book of The Well-Tempered Clavier and resembles other virtuoso pieces from around 1830 such as Paganini's Moto Perpetuo for violin and piano.
American music critic James Huneker (1857–1921) calls the étude "a dark doleful nocturne.. […] the melody is full of stifled sorrow." [13] Italian composer and editor Alfredo Casella (1883–1947) speaks of "meditated grief" and thinks "it is difficult to conceive an elegy more severe and sober than this study."
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A curator at a museum in New York City has discovered a previously unknown waltz written by Frédéric Chopin, the first time that a new piece of work by the Polish composer has been found in ...
There are dramatic and dance-like elements in Chopin's use of the genre, and he is a pioneer of the ballade as an abstract musical form. The four ballades are said to have been inspired by a friend of Chopin's, poet Adam Mickiewicz. [1] [4] The exact inspiration for each ballade, however, needs to be clarified and disputed.