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Frédéric François Chopin [n 1] (born Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin; [n 2] 1 March 1810 – 17 October 1849) was a Polish composer and virtuoso pianist of the Romantic period, who wrote primarily for solo piano.
The edition provides a new numbering scheme ("WN") for works published after Chopin's death, similar to existing catalogues by Maurice J. E. Brown (B) and Krystyna Kobylańska (KK). Some works have opus numbers assigned after Chopin's death by Julian Fontana, who grouped a number of unpublished piano pieces into eight opus numbers (Op. 66–73 ...
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Melodic fragment (introduced in measures 7-8), Chopin's Fantaisie-Impromptu Cadenza (measure 188), Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 14, third movement. Ernst Oster observes that the Fantaisie-Impromptu draws many of its harmonic and tonal elements from Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata, which is also in C ♯ minor, and from the third movement in particular.
Artur Szklener , Director of the Fryderyk Chopin Institute, has noted "features of the brilliant style" consistent with Chopin's activity in the first half of the 1830s, and suggested that the manuscript's neatness argues against it having been co-written with a student during a lesson, while highlighting the absence of dedication and signature ...
Nicknames have been given to most of Chopin's Études over time, but Chopin himself never used nicknames for these pieces, nor did he name them. Op. 10, 12 Études: Étude in C major (1830) Étude in A minor (1830) Étude in E major (1832) Étude in C ♯ minor (1832) Étude in G ♭ major (1830) Étude in E ♭ minor (1830) Étude in C major ...
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Book-length biographies concentrating on a limited number of episodes in Chopin's life include: Szulc, Tad (1998). Chopin in Paris: The Life and Times of the Romantic Composer. New York: Scribner. ISBN 978-0-684-82458-1. [7] Eisler, Benita (2007) [2003]. Chopin's Funeral. Knopf Doubleday. ISBN 9780307425256. [8]