Impromptu No. 2 (Chopin)
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Frédéric Chopin
's Impromptu No. 2 in F sharp major, Op. 36 was composed in 1839 and published in the following year. The dolcissimo melody occurs throughout the piece and there is an indefinite tonality
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begins with a nocturne
-esque chord. The piece is in the less commonly used key of F-sharp major, which is used in very few major compositions in the Romantic
era, such as Ludwig van Beethoven
's A Thérèse sonata
and Chopin's famous Barcarolle
.
Frédéric Chopin
Frédéric François Chopin was a Polish composer and virtuoso pianist. He is considered one of the great masters of Romantic music and has been called "the poet of the piano"....
's Impromptu No. 2 in F sharp major, Op. 36 was composed in 1839 and published in the following year. The dolcissimo melody occurs throughout the piece and there is an indefinite tonality
Tonality
Tonality is a system of music in which specific hierarchical pitch relationships are based on a key "center", or tonic. The term tonalité originated with Alexandre-Étienne Choron and was borrowed by François-Joseph Fétis in 1840...
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The ImpromptuImpromptu
An impromptu is a free-form musical composition with the character of an ex tempore improvisation as if prompted by the spirit of the moment, usually for a solo instrument, such as piano...
begins with a nocturne
Nocturne
A nocturne is usually a musical composition that is inspired by, or evocative of, the night...
-esque chord. The piece is in the less commonly used key of F-sharp major, which is used in very few major compositions in the Romantic
Romanticism
Romanticism was an artistic, literary and intellectual movement that originated in the second half of the 18th century in Europe, and gained strength in reaction to the Industrial Revolution...
era, such as Ludwig van Beethoven
Ludwig van Beethoven
Ludwig van Beethoven was a German composer and pianist. A crucial figure in the transition between the Classical and Romantic eras in Western art music, he remains one of the most famous and influential composers of all time.Born in Bonn, then the capital of the Electorate of Cologne and part of...
's A Thérèse sonata
Piano Sonata No. 24 (Beethoven)
The Piano Sonata No. 24 in F-sharp major, Op. 78, nicknamed "À Thérèse" was written by Ludwig van Beethoven in 1809. It consists of two movements:#Adagio cantabile - Allegro ma non troppo...
and Chopin's famous Barcarolle
Barcarolle (Chopin)
The Barcarole in F sharp major, Op. 60 is a piece for solo piano by Frédéric Chopin, composed from the autumn of 1845 to the summer of 1846. Written in the barcarole form, it features a sweepingly romantic and slightly wistful tone...
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