FRÉDÉRIC CHOPIN’S AUDITIONS

MINUTE WALTZ The "Waltz in D flat major", Opus 64, No. 1, popularly known as the "Minute Waltz" is a waltz for solo piano by Frédéric Chopin. He wrote it in 1847 and published it in Leipzig the same year, as the first of the opus 64 Trois Valses, dedicating it to "To Mme. La Comtesse Delphine Potocka"

The "Waltz in D flat major", Opus 64, No. 1, popularly known as the "Minute Waltz" is a waltz for solo piano by Frédéric Chopin.

He wrote it in 1847 and published it in Leipzig the same year, as the first of the opus 64 Trois Valses, dedicating it to "To Mme. La Comtesse Delphine Potocka"

MINUTE WALTZ II Since the second waltz is in the key of C-sharp minor, the "Minute" waltz contrasts by being in the enharmonic parallel major key (D-flat major). Camille Bourniquel, one of Chopin's biographers, reminds the reader that Chopin, with this waltz, was trying to depict a dog chasing its tail; indeed, Chopin originally named the piece "Petit chien" (Little Dog).

Since the second waltz is in the key of C-sharp minor, the "Minute" waltz contrasts by being in the enharmonic parallel major key (D-flat major).

Camille Bourniquel, one of Chopin's biographers, reminds the reader that Chopin, with this waltz, was trying to depict a dog chasing its tail; indeed, Chopin originally named the piece "Petit chien" (Little Dog).

FANTASIE IMPROMPTU Frédéric Chopin’s Fantaisie-Impromptu in C-sharp minor, Opus posthumous 66, is a solo piano composition and one of his most well-known pieces. It was composed in 1834 and dedicated to Julian Fontana.

Frédéric Chopin’s Fantaisie-Impromptu in C-sharp minor, Opus posthumous 66, is a solo piano composition and one of his most well-known pieces.

It was composed in 1834 and dedicated to Julian Fontana.

FANTASIE IMPROMPTU II Some aspects of this piece are similar to the third movement of Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata. Despite Chopin's request that the piece not be published, Fontana did so anyway.

Some aspects of this piece are similar to the third movement of Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata.

Despite Chopin's request that the piece not be published, Fontana did so anyway.

BUTTERFLY ETUDE It’s also called Étude Op. 25, No. 9 in G-flat major. It is a study in staccato legato alternations, marked throughout the piece. The title "Butterfly" was not given by Chopin (as is true for all Chopin pieces with such titles); however Arthur Friedheim said, "while some titles were superfluous, this one is inadequate."

It’s also called Étude Op. 25, No. 9 in G-flat major.

It is a study in staccato legato alternations, marked throughout the piece.

The title "Butterfly" was not given by Chopin (as is true for all Chopin pieces with such titles); however Arthur Friedheim said, "while some titles were superfluous, this one is inadequate."

Prelude in E Minor Op 28 No 4 Chopin wrote the Op. 28 preludes between 1835 and 1839, partly at Valldemossa, Majorca, where the composer spent the winter of 1838/9 and where he had fled with George Sand and her children to escape the damp Paris weather.

Chopin wrote the Op. 28 preludes between 1835 and 1839, partly at Valldemossa, Majorca, where the composer spent the winter of 1838/9 and where he had fled with George Sand and her children to escape the damp Paris weather.