Product Description
3 pages; for solo classical guitar; published by Maggie Creek Music
Frédéric
Chopin (18101849)
Chopin
was born in Poland but spent his twenty or so creative years based in
Paris. With his supreme mastery of the keyboard and inimitable
compositions for the instrument he became a luminary of the Romantic
era. Afflicted early on by consumption, he worked with a tireless
intensity to produce piano compositions both intricate and perfect,
of every style and mood. Pears Cyclopaedia makes this discerning
tribute: A Chopin melody, limpid, transparent, singing, can be
recognised easily by anyone, but his style gradually developed into
something more subtle, more satisfying than pure melody.
The
Waltz Op. 64 No. 1, popularly known in English as the 'Minute
Waltz', is a famous example of the melodic and harmonic capabilities
intimated above. It doesn't have to be played in a minute, and works
nicely at a sedate pace.
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