Chopin, Frédéric : Polonaise f sharp minor op. 44

He lived in the shadow of death painfully aware of the tuberculosis that would kill him prematurely. But Frédéric Chopin attained immortality with his Piano works which endure as pinnacles of the instrument's repertoire. This biography by one of the nineteenth century's foremost pianists--Chopin's friend and fellow artist Franz Liszt--offers a highly informed assessment of the Polish composer's musical legacy. It is further enlivened by the author's personal acquaintance with Chopin's other friends who constituted the very cream of Parisian intellectual and artistic society.Born a year apart Chopin andLiszt came of age in an era favorable to musical change when audiences as well as performers were receptive to Romanticism's innovations. Liszt surveys the technical brilliance as well as the poetry of Chopin's masterpieces including the 'Adagio' from Piano Concerto No. 2 and Polonaise in F-sharp Minor. He also chronicles Chopin's progress from child prodigy to the darling of Parisian salons. A source of rare and unparalleled insights into Chopin's world of private anguish and public triumph this memoir recounts the composer's loneliness as a Polish emigré his tempestuous romance with George Sand and his life among a glittering social set that included Balzac Hugo Berlioz Delacroix and Schumann.Reprint of the Oliver Ditson Company Boston 1880 edition.

Chopinâ??s four ballades four impromptus and three sonatas are among the composerâ??s most mature works rivalled only by his scherzos and polonaises for extended thematic development and formal structure. The eleven compositions in this volume are drawn from Carl Mikuliâ??s comprehensive edition of Chopinâ??s complete works for piano. As Chopinâ??s student and later teaching assistant Mikuli was in a privileged position to reflect on the masterâ??s approach to keyboard performance. The works contained in this volume are complete.

13 Pieces by 8 Composers-Some of the most often taught original piano literature by dozens of master composers of the past has been carefully selected and compiled by difficulty level. The Upper Intermediate edition features 13 pieces by 8 composers including: Johannes Brahms: Waltz in A-flat Major Op. 39 No. 15 · Frédéric Chopin: Nocturne in F minor Op. 55 No. 1 · Frédéric Chopin: Polonaise Militaire Op. 40 No. 1 · Frédéric Chopin: Waltz in D-flat Major Minute Op. 64 No. 1 · Frédéric Chopin: Waltz in C-sharp minor Op. 64 No. 2 · Scott Joplin: The Cascades · Franz Liszt: Liebestraum No. 3 · Felix Mendelssohn: Spring Song from Songs Without Words Op. 62 No. 6 · Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: 12 Variations on Ah! vous dirai-je maman K.265 · Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Rondo alla Turca from Sonata in A Major K. 331 · Sergei Rachmaninoff: Prelude in C-sharp minor Op. 3 No. 2 · Sergei Rachmaninoff: Prelude in G minor Op. 23 No. 5 · Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: June (Barcarolle) from The Seasons.

Eighty-three best-loved works over 30 composers including Beethoven Chopin Brahms Mendelssohn Liszt and Paderewski. Edited by Ronald Herder.