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Frédéric Chopin's Fantaisie-Impromptu (Polish: Fantazja-Impromptu) in C ♯ minor, Op. posth. 66, WN 46 is a solo piano composition. It was composed in 1834 and published posthumously in 1855 despite Chopin's instruction that none of his unpublished manuscripts be published. [1] The Fantaisie-Impromptu is one of Chopin's most frequently ...
Franz Schubert composed the Fantasie in C major nicknamed the Wanderer Fantasy for solo piano and the Fantasia in F minor for piano four hands. Three works by Chopin belong in the genre: The Fantaisie in F minor, Op. 49, the Polonaise-Fantaisie in A ♭ major, Op. 61, and the Fantaisie-Impromptu in C ♯ minor, Op. posth. 66.
The Fantasie in C, Op. 17, was written by Robert Schumann in 1836. It was revised prior to publication in 1839, when it was dedicated to Franz Liszt . It is generally described as one of Schumann's greatest works for solo piano , and is one of the central works of the early Romantic period .
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) Op. 23, Ballade No. 1 in G minor (1831–1835) Op. 24, 4 Mazurkas (1834–1835) Mazurka in G minor; Mazurka in C major; Mazurka in A ♭ major ...
Other character pieces have titles suggesting brevity and singularity of concept, such as Beethoven's Bagatelles, or Debussy's Préludes, or casual construction: the title Impromptu is common. Many 19th-century nocturnes and intermezzi are character pieces as well, including those of Chopin and Brahms, respectively.
Note that in Schubert's lifetime "Fantasie" (Fantasy) and "Sonate" (Sonata) had a somewhat overlapping meaning: by convention the Wanderer Fantasy was never numbered as a sonata, while D 894, first published as a Fantasie, always was. Other columns in the table: Op.: Opus number, "(p)" or "posth." indicates a posthumous publication.
An excerpt of the piece was featured in an early segment of the survival horror video game Clock Tower 3, when the character May Norton, a prodigious piano player, plays Fantaisie Impromptu as her participation in a piano play contest, and she also plays it when her tormented ghost and the Sledgehmmer are first introduced in their current forms.
Liszt in 1843, around the time of the piece's conception. The Fantasy on Themes from Mozart's Figaro and Don Giovanni [1] (German: Fantasie über Themen aus Mozarts Figaro und Don Giovanni), [2] S.697, is an operatic paraphrase for solo piano by Franz Liszt, based on themes from two different Mozart's operas: The Marriage of Figaro, K.492 and Don Giovanni, K.527.