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Original autograph score, 1842. Zoom. The Polonaise in A♭ major, Op. 53 (French: Polonaise héroïque, Heroic Polonaise; Polish: Heroiczny) is a solo piano piece composed by Frédéric Chopin in 1842 [1] The piece is published in 1843, [2] and is one of Chopin's most admired compositions and has long been a favorite of the romantic piano repertoire. [3]
Most of Frédéric Chopin's polonaises were written for solo piano. He wrote his first polonaise in 1817, when he was 7; his last was the Polonaise-Fantaisie of 1846, three years before his death. Among the best known polonaises are the "Military" Polonaise in A, Op. 40, No. 1, and the "Heroic" Polonaise in A ♭, Op. 53.
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Franz Liszt used this melody as No. 2 (Mélodie polonaise) of his Glanes de Woronince, S.249 (1847); Liszt also transcribed the song for piano solo as No. 1 of his Six Chants polonais, S.480 (composed 1847-1860); Chopin also used a motif from the song in his posthumous Nocturne in C-sharp minor, Lento con gran espressione [5] 2. Wiosna: Spring -
Op. Completion date First edition 1 Polonaise in B-flat major: 1817 1910 2 Polonaise in G minor 1817 1947 3 Polonaise in A-flat major: 1821 1908 4 Polonaise in G-sharp minor: 1824 1864 5 Variations in D major for 4 hands 1824–1826 1965 6 Variations in E major 1824 1851 7 Mazurka in B-flat major 1826 1851 8 Mazurka in G major 1826 1851 9
Op. 18, Grande valse brillante in E ♭ major (1831–33) Op. 19, Boléro (1833) Op. 20, Scherzo No. 1 in B minor (1831–33) Op. 21, Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 2 in F minor (1829–1830) Op. 22, Andante spianato et grande polonaise brillante in E ♭ major (the polonaise section orchestrated 1830-31; piano solo 1834)
Air d'Ukraine varié, Op. 7; Variations brillantes sur un thème original, Op. 10; Six Valses et polonaise, Op. 11 (as Op. 11b version for flute and guitar) L'Impromptu variations, Op. 12; Introduction, variations et polonoise sur un thème original des Tiroliens, Op. 13; Variations sur la cavatine favorite de l'opéra 'Zelmira', de Rossini, Op. 16
In music, Op. 53 stands for Opus number 53. Compositions that are assigned this number include: Beethoven – Piano Sonata No. 21; Brahms – Alto Rhapsody; Britten – Gloriana; Chopin – Polonaise in A-flat major, Op. 53; Dvořák – Violin Concerto; Mendelssohn – Songs Without Words Book 4; Prokofiev – Piano Concerto No. 4