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24 Preludes | Frederic Chopin
Frederic Francis Chopin, from whose pen the charming music came, was born in
Zelazowa Wola, near Warsaw, Poland, on the 3rd of February, 1810, and died in
Paris on the 17th of October, 1849. He was an exile from his native country
since 1831.
Schumann says of this composer: "He is the most daring and the proudest poetic
spirit of his time."He was one of the most famous and also one of the most
peculiar composers of the second quarter of this century, and his works have
never ceased to attract lovers of good music in all countries. He has preferred
smaller forms, but in these he has excelled. When playing Chopin's works special
attention must be paid to the dynamic signs, else they will suffer. Not everyone
is qualified to enter into this composer's spirit, the teacher should,
therefore, be careful in this particular. Still more he should guard against
allowing the pupil confining himself to long to this composer's work.
Frederic Chopin's 24 Preludes op. 28
The Preludes were composed between 1835 and 1839 at Majorca where
Frederic Chopin and George Sand and her children spent the winter to run
away from the humid Paris weather.
Chopin’s Preludes (1839) are an album of 24 piano pieces one for each key
and each prelude meant to express a particular thought or feeling.
For their clear lack of a recognized construction and shortness, the
Frederic Chopin’s Preludes originated some consternation among critics when
they were published: in fact, the longer prelude is Prelude No. 17 (90
Measures).
The 24 Preludes op. 28 by Frederic Chopin are often compared to Bach's
Preludes of the Well Tempered Clavier; but each of Chopin’s Preludes were
organized in a circle of fifths while Bach's pieces were organized
chromatically.
Prelude in B minor by Frederic Chopin
Prelude in B minor (Assai Lento).