| Title | : | Chopin Complete Piano Sheet Music – Polonaises |
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| Author | : | Frederic Chopin |
| Release | : | 2017-05-14 |
| Kind | : | ebook |
| Genre | : | Music, Books, Arts & Entertainment |
| Size | : | 13350632 |
| 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" or "Drum" Polonaise in A♭, Op. 53. There is also the Andante spianato et grande polonaise brillante in E♭, Op.22, for piano and orchestra, which also exists in a solo piano version; and the Introduction and Polonaise brillante in C major, Op. 3, for cello and piano. Chopin wrote at least 23 polonaises for piano solo. Of these: 7, including the Polonaise-Fantaisie, were published in his lifetime 3 were published posthumously with opus numbers 6 were published posthumously without opus numbers at least 7 are lost. 2 Polonaises, Op 26 2 Polonaises, Op 40 Polonaise, Op 44 Polonaise, Op 53 Polonaise-Fantaisie, Op 61 3 Polonaises, Op 71 Polonaise in G#, Op ph |
