Chopin - Ballade Op.23 in g-minor Part 1

The Ballade No. 1 in G minor, Op. 23 is the first of Frédéric Chopin's four ballades for solo piano. It was composed in 1835-36 during the composer's early days in Paris and is dedicated to "Monsieur le Baron de Stockhausen," Hanoverian ambassador to France.

Chopin cited the poet Adam Mickiewicz as an influence for his ballades (this according to a rumour based on a remark by Robert Schumann concerning the genesis of Chopin's second ballade). The exact inspiration for each piece is not clear.

The music is built from two main themes, the first introduced in bar 7 after the short introduction, and the second in bar 69. Both themes return in different guises. The piece is in compound duple time (6/4) except for the short introduction (in 4/4) and the coda (in 2/2). Sections of the piece are technically demanding, requiring complex fingering, wide chords, octaves, extremely fast chords, and even a section of opposite-going chromatic octaves near the end. Its complex structure combines ideas from sonata and variation forms.

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• gminoe
• Op.23
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[cya4evernalways]

chopin was a fucking beast!!!!!

[adam145]

Thanks for this one ! Helpful for those who can't (are lazy like me) to read the notes !

[Theodosia2839]

I am going to attempt to learn it... Wish me luck :)

[superman1113215]

@shenkeey watch out guys

[shenkeey]

@superman1113215 Looks like we got a badass over here.

[naramovige]

The worst version I've ever heard. Horrible !

[Adri58]

@dbedford007 Absolutely. Chopin might be commiting suicide.

[Adri58]

@Marivss It is already in half speed LOL

[Adri58]

@Hitherto90 A bastard, or Chopin himself. LOL

[quiteindiana]

thank you i leanred <3

[anarquistaarequipa]

@superman1113215 maybe , but , im sure what you dont enjoy it like me ( sorry my bad english).

[weterr123]

This video suggests that Chopin didn't know what rests are.