Thursday, October 25, 2007 - 01:03
Choices, choices
Does anyone have a suggestion for a good (everything is good but...) Chopin piece? Exclude Fantasie Impromptu and the Ballades please. These are being considered. My teach' wants me to find one to work on... Thanks in advance to whoever!

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Thank you Ky I realize I did that and it was an accident. So deal with it.
Oh and by the way Shaun............Ky loves you.
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Sorry. I guess we can't post things longer that 1000 words. Who knew?
So I have more songs for you!!!!
Opus 26:
No. 1: Polonaise in C-sharp minor
No. 2: Polonaise in E-flat minor
Opus 40:
No. 1: Polonaise in A major "Military"
No. 2: Polonaise in C minor
Opus 44: Polonaise in F-sharp minor
Opus 53: Polonaise in A-flat major "Heroic"
Opus 61: Polonaise-Fantaisie in A-flat major
Opus posth. 71:
No. 1: Polonaise in D minor
No. 2: Polonaise in B-flat major
No. 3: Polonaise in F minor
KK IIa No. 1: Polonaise in G minor (1817)
KK IVa:
No. 1: Polonaise in B flat major (1817)
No. 2: Polonaise in A flat major (1821)
No. 3: Polonaise in G sharp minor (1822)
No. 5: Polonaise in B flat minor "Adieu à Guillaume Kolberg" (1826)
No. 8: Polonaise in G flat major (1829).
Main article: Preludes (Chopin)
Opus 28:
No. 1: Prélude in C major (composed 1839)
No. 2: Prélude in A minor (1838)
No. 3: Prélude in G major (1838-1839)
No. 4: Prélude in E minor (1838)
No. 5: Prélude in D major (1838-1839)
No. 6: Prélude in B minor (1838-1839)
No. 7: Prélude in A major (1836)
No. 8: Prélude in F-sharp minor (1838-1839)
No. 9: Prélude in E major (1838-1839)
No. 10: Prélude in C-sharp minor (1838-1839)
No. 11: Prélude in B major (1838-1839)
No. 12: Prélude in G-sharp minor (1838-1839)
No. 13: Prélude in F-sharp major (1838-1839)
No. 14: Prélude in E-flat minor (1838-1839)
No. 15: Prélude in D-flat major ("Raindrop") (1838-1839)
No. 16: Prélude in B-flat minor (1838-1839)
No. 17: Prélude in A-flat major (1836)
No. 18: Prélude in F minor (1838-1839)
No. 19: Prélude in E-flat major (1838-1839)
No. 20: Prélude in C minor (1838-1839)
No. 21: Prélude in B-flat major (1838-1839)
No. 22: Prélude in G minor (1838-1839)
No. 23: Prélude in F major (1838-1839)
No. 24: Prélude in D minor (1838-1839)
Opus 45: Prélude in C-sharp minor (1841)
Posthumously published: Prélude in A-flat major (1834, published 1918)
Opus 1: Rondo in C Minor
Opus 5: Rondo à la Mazur in F major (1826)
Opus 16: Rondo in E-flat major (1832)
Opus posth. 73: Rondo in C major, two pianos (1828)
Opus 20: Scherzo No. 1 in B minor (1831)
Opus 31: Scherzo No. 2 in B-flat minor (1837)
Opus 39: Scherzo No. 3 in C-sharp minor (1839)
Opus 54: Scherzo No. 4 in E major (1843)
Opus 4: Piano Sonata No. 1 in C minor
Opus 35: Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor; movement number 3 is the famous "Funeral March"
Opus 58: Piano Sonata No. 3 in B minor
Opus 18: Grande Valse brillante in E-flat major (1833)
Opus 34:
No. 1: Valse brillante in A-flat major (1835)
No. 2: Valse brillante in A minor (1831)
No. 3: Valse brillante in F Major (1838)
Opus 42: Valse in A-flat major
Opus 64:
No. 1: Valse in D-flat major "Minute Waltz" (1846)
No. 2: Valse in C-sharp minor (1846)
No. 3: Valse in A-flat major
Opus posth. 69:
No. 1: Valse in A-flat major (1835)
No. 2: Valse in B minor
Opus posth. 70:
No. 1: Valse in G-flat major
No. 2: Valse in F minor
No. 3: Valse in D-flat major
Posthumously published:
Valse in E minor
Valse in E major
Valse in A minor
Valse in A-flat major
Valse in E-flat major
Valse in E-flat major
I don't know if you can actually find all of the peices. I just copied and pasted. I deleted some of the (like the partially lost ones and some others) so....
GOOD LUCK!!!!
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Nik you posted the same comment twice.
So Shaun how is life treating you at the moment? I hope you are wondrful.
I have a list of songs for you. It could be to late and good luck finding the music.
Opus 10:
No. 1: Étude in C major (composed 1830)
No. 2: Étude in A minor (1830)
No. 3: Étude in E major "Tristesse" (1832)
No. 4: Étude in C-sharp minor (1832)
No. 5: Étude in G-flat major "Black Key" (1830)
No. 6: Étude in E-flat minor (1830)
No. 7: Étude in C major (1832)
No. 8: Étude in F major (1829)
No. 9: Étude in F minor (1829)
No. 10: Étude in A-flat major (1829)
No. 11: Étude in E-flat major (1829)
No. 12: Étude in C minor "Revolutionary" (1831)
Opus 25:
No. 1: Étude in A-flat major "Aeolian Harp" (composed 1836)
No. 2: Étude in F minor (1836)
No. 3: Étude in F major (1836)
No. 4: Étude in A minor (1832-1834)
No. 5: Étude in E minor (1832-1834)
No. 6: Étude in G-sharp minor (1832-1834)
No. 7: Étude in C-sharp minor (1836)
No. 8: Étude in D-flat major (1832-1834)
No. 9: Étude in G-flat major "Butterfly" (1832-1834)
No. 10: Étude in B minor (1832-1834)
No. 11: Étude in A minor "Winter Wind" (1834)
No. 12: Étude in C minor (1836)
Trois Nouvelles Études:
No. 1: Étude in F minor (1839)
No. 2: Étude in A-flat major (1839)
No. 3: Étude in D-flat major (1839)
Opus 29: Impromptu No. 1 in A-flat major (1837)
Opus 36: Impromptu No. 2 in F-sharp major (1839)
Opus 51: Impromptu No. 3 in G-flat major (1843)
Opus posth. 66: Fantaisie-Impromptu in C-sharp minor (1834)
Opus 6, Four Mazurkas:
No. 1: Mazurka in F-sharp minor
No. 2: Mazurka in C-sharp minor
No. 3: Mazurka in E major
No. 4: Mazurka in E-flat minor
Opus 7, Five Mazurkas:
No. 1: Mazurka in B-flat major
No. 2: Mazurka in A minor
No. 3: Mazurka in F minor
No. 4: Mazurka in A-flat major
No. 5: Mazurka in C major
Opus 17, Four Mazurkas:
No. 1: Mazurka in B-flat major
No. 2: Mazurka in E minor
No. 3: Mazurka in A-flat major
No. 4: Mazurka in A minor
Opus 24, Four Mazurkas:
No. 1: Mazurka in G minor
No. 2: Mazurka in C major
No. 3: Mazurka in A-flat major
No. 4: Mazurka in B-flat minor
Opus 30, Four Mazurkas:
No. 1: Mazurka in C minor
No. 2: Mazurka in B minor
No. 3: Mazurka in D-flat major
No. 4: Mazurka in C-sharp minor
Opus 33, Four Mazurkas:
No. 1: Mazurka in G-sharp minor
No. 2: Mazurka in D major
No. 3: Mazurka in C major
No. 4: Mazurka in B minor
Opus 41, Four Mazurkas:
No. 1: Mazurka in C-sharp minor
No. 2: Mazurka in E minor
No. 3: Mazurka in B major
No. 4: Mazurka in A-flat major
Opus 50, Three Mazurkas:
No. 1: Mazurka in G major
No. 2: Mazurka in A-flat major
No. 3: Mazurka in C-sharp minor
Opus 56, Three Mazurkas:
No. 1: Mazurka in B major
No. 2: Mazurka in C major
No. 3: Mazurka in C minor
Opus 59, Three Mazurkas:
No. 1: Mazurka in A minor
No. 2: Mazurka in A-flat major
No. 3: Mazurka in F-sharp minor
Opus 63, Three Mazurkas:
No. 1: Mazurka in B major
No. 2: Mazurka in F minor
No. 3: Mazurka in C-sharp minor
Opus posth. 67, Four Mazurkas:
No. 1: Mazurka in G major
No. 2: Mazurka in G minor
No. 3: Mazurka in C major
No. 4: Mazurka in A minor
Opus posth. 68, Four Mazurkas:
No. 1: Mazurka in C major
No. 2: Mazurka in A minor
No. 3: Mazurka in F major
No. 4: Mazurka in F minor
S 1, No. 2, Two Mazurkas:
a. Mazurka in G major (1836)
b. Mazurka in B flat major (1836)
S 2, Two Mazurkas:
No. 4, Mazurka No. 50 in A minor "Notre Temps" (1840)
No. 5, Mazurka No. 51 in A minor "Émile Gaillard" (1841)
P 2, Four Mazurkas:
No. 1, Mazurka in B flat major (1832)
No. 2, Mazurka in D major (1832)
No. 3, Mazurka in C major (1833)
No. 4, Mazurka in A flat major (1834)
A 1, No. 1: Mazurka in F major "Mazurek" (1820)
P 1, No. 7: Mazurka in D major (1829)
Opus 9:
No. 1: Nocturne in B-flat minor
No. 2: Nocturne in E-flat major
No. 3: Nocturne in B major
Opus 15:
No. 1: Nocturne in F major (1830-1831)
No. 2: Nocturne in F-sharp major (1830-1831)
No. 3: Nocturne in G minor (1833)
Opus 27:
No. 1: Nocturne in C-sharp minor
No. 2: Nocturne in D-flat major
Opus 32:
No. 1: Nocturne in B major (1836-1837)
No. 2: Nocturne in A-flat major (1836-1837)
Opus 37:
No. 1: Nocturne in G minor
No. 2: Nocturne in G major
Opus 48:
No. 1: Nocturne in C minor
No. 2: Nocturne in F-sharp minor
Opus 55:
No. 1: Nocturne in F minor
No. 2: Nocturne in E-flat major
Opus 62:
No. 1: Nocturne in B major
No. 2: Nocturne in E major
Opus posth. 72:
No. 1: Nocturne in E minor
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*What's life without music and laughter?*
Hey Shaun!
Right now I am a learning a song by Chopin. It's a Mazurka Op. 68, No. 2. It is a really cool song. I LOVE IT! I memorized it in only one week. It's not too difficult (even though it looks like it is). I only have trouble with the sharps in the Poco piu mosso. Good Luck finding a song!
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I can't think of anything at the moment but I'm going to listen to my classical music CDs and post a suggestion later on.
I was intrigued by Ivana's suggestion and decided to look it up. There's a page on wikipedia about it:
Chopin's Étude Op. 10, No. 12 (aka The Revolutionary Étude)
^^ I listened to it on YouTube and it sounds pretty difficult!
I don't know if you are still looking for a piece but I have two suggestions. Chopin is an amazing composer, all of his pieces are amazing. Two of my favorites are Nocturne in C sharp minor Op. (Posth) and Waltz in C sharp Minor Op. 64 No. 2.
Oh another one is Nocturne in B flat minor Op. 9 No 1. I hope some of these suggestions help. Let us know what you pick!!
Sorry this is kind of random. I am a very random person sometimes!!! So anyways. One of my friends favorites composers is Chopin.
Ky
Hey Shaun!
I have a suggestion, but please keep in mind that I'm not much of a piano player yet; my main focus is on the string bass, and I only started playing piano a few months ago.
There's a piece that Chopin, and I believe it's called the,
"Revolutionary Piano Study."
(Please forgive my lack of technological knowledge of the piano): It has a lot of fast notes that move up and down with the bass hand and lots of melody with the right (treble?) hand that often matches up with the bass hand. I don't think it's a Ballade or anything, but if it is, forgive me
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I'm a big Chopin fan, despite the fact that I only know, like, two scales on the piano, so good luck and let me know if this helped at all!
-"Ivana"
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Music=Life, No Questions Asked
~*Ivana*~