Can Chopin be defined as pessimistic?
Reading the topic opened by Daniele, a suspicion occurred to me: could Chopin be defined as a pessimist?
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Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli teaches and plays Mompou and Chopin in Arezzo 1960
Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli teaches and plays Mompou and Chopin in Arezzo 1960 It is a video more unique than rare: ARTURO BENEDETTI MICHELANGELI TEACHES AND PLAYS, a Cancion by Mompou and...
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Chopin - Etude Op. 10 n. 12 (The Revolution)
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Dall'album - Diario di Chopin
From the album-Chopin's Diary Vienna May 1, 1831 Today the Prater was beautiful-...there were so many people, none of whom mattered to me. I admired the greenery, a scent of spring; this inn...
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Was Chopin Gay?
Was Chopin gay? Aside from the fact that it is irrelevant to me, however, I read somewhere that Bollani supports this theory. It sounds strange to me, what do you think? I know he lived with...
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Chopin's letter to his teacher Józef Elsner
F. Chopin's letter to his professor Józef Elsner Paris, December 14, 1831 Dear Mr. Elsner, your letter has been for me a proof of the paternal interest and the sincere wishes that you have w...
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Chopin as "Artistic Nullity"
I would like to share with you what I read last night: F. Chopin has achieved a very wide popularity, a reputation too often denied to composers ten times more brilliant than him. Chopin is...
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Barenboim brings Chopin: "Popular but not pop"
After a long absence, I am back; I noticed that this interesting section has been opened and I would like to submit this article to you http://www.repubblica.it/speciali/sanremo/edizione2013...
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Easy Chopin (Curci Editions)
I am reporting the Facile Chopin collection (Edizioni Curci) http://www.edizionic...eda.asp?id=3162 It contains famous pieces in transcriptions that allow for an approach to Chopin's music e...
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An orchestration by Benjamin Britten for Chopin's ballet "Les Sylphides" rediscovered
An orchestration by Benjamin Britten for Chopin's ballet "Les Sylphides", composed in 1941, has been found. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/28/arts/music/benjamin-brittens-lost-score-for-les-...
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Chopin Method
Since tuning is the task of the tuner, the piano is freed from one of the greatest difficulties encountered in studying an instrument. There remains, therefore, only to study a certain hand...
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Chopin's Preludes
I have always wondered if, besides the 24 pieces of Op. 28, there were other preludes by Chopin... any news? Thanks in advance
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Chopin's Letter to Tytus Woyciechowsk
Chopin's Letter to Tytus Woyciechowski Paris, December 12, 18 My dearest. I felt reborn as soon as I received your letter. Your wound! Various news has reached me, and I have given various e...
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Chopin pieces (specifically)
Hello everyone, could you tell me, in your opinion, the difficulty of the following pieces by the great Chopin? Also, I would like to know how you studied them and which ones you prefer. 1 P...
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Chopin Method
I would need to know in what order and how Chopin wanted scales to be studied in his method. I am a beginner still stuck on 2-octave scales, and reading here and there I learned that Chopin...
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Nikita Magaloff
I am always amazed when listening to Chopin's studies performed by Nikita Magaloff. Has anyone ever listened to the 1975 recordings? As for the interpretation of Chopin's third étude op. 10...
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From Chopin's diary
From Chopin's Album-Diary Stuttgart, September 8, 1831 Stuttgart. Strange thing! This bed, in which I lie, has perhaps already served more than one dying person, and this thought does not ho...
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Chopin's Letter
Chopin's letter in response to George Sand's famous venomous letter, which Delacroix mentions in his diary dated July 20, 1847. To George Sand (Nohant) Paris, July 24, 1847 It should not be...
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Chopin's Lover
Chopin's Lover Rosalind Brackenbury Maria Jameson, a university professor, is married, has two children, and a lover younger than herself, to whom she is bound by an intense passion. Between...
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The Chopin collection at the University of Chicago Library
I stumbled upon this wonderful site that I am reporting http://chopin.lib.uchicago.edu/ The Chopin collection at the University of Chicago Library includes over 400 first and early printed e...
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Question about Chopin, Nocturne in C# minor op. Posthume
Good morning to all the pianists, musicians and composers of the forum. I have a doubt. In Chopin's posthumous nocturne, in C# minor at the eighth measure, (http://www.music-scores.com/graph...
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They said about Chopin
They said of Chopin Berlioz: "He has not a single point of similarity with any musician known to me" Schumann: "Chopin is recognizable even in the pauses" Giorgio Pestelli: "Among the myster...
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Chopin- Préludes op. 28 – Orchestrations by Jean Françaix
I am reporting these interesting transcriptions: Chopin-Françaix Préludes op. 28 Orchestration by Jean Françaix Part 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yB4jdiVQgyk Part 2 http://www.youtube.co...
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