Chopin Revolutionary Etude op 10 no 12 by kenx0 on piano

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The Revolutionary Etude holds its place as one of the most eminent and well recognized of all of Chopins compositions. Beginning with the first dramatic C minor chord all the way to the impassioned conclusion, this piece is an outpouring of emotion. It is immediately apparent that most of the technical difficulty is in the left hand, with rapid runs and frequent turns. However, this difficulty is perhaps easier to resolve than those in many other etudes, as finding a comfortable fingering wins half the battle with this piece. (If, by any chance, one wishes to seek a greater challenge with this etude, perhaps one could do what Alexander Dreyschock did learn to play the left hand in octaves, without losing any tempo!) Other difficulties include polyrhythms and cross-rhythms that are used more and more to convey a sense of conflict and struggle towards the end of the piece. After the problem of knowing the notes is resolved, one must inevitably move on to the problem of interpretation, which is always important but especially so in such a famous piece. At a young age, Chopins first music teacher taught him to respect the works of the old artists namely, Bach, Mozart, and Haydn, among others. Chopin had a particular distaste for most of Beethovens work, yet it is impossible to imagine that he was not familiar with it. Many of Beethovens stormiest compositions, such as his Pathétique and Appassionata sonatas, are written in C minor. Surely Chopin knew that C minor was the stormiest key of them all in Beethoven, and perhaps unconsciously he expressed this in the Revolutionary Etude. The piece reportedly emerged after Chopin heard of Polands failure in its rebellion against Russia. Chopin was unable to participate due to his poor health, and when he heard that the rebellion failed, he cried, All this has caused me so much pain. Who could have foreseen it! During this time period, he produced some of his darkest and most passionate works, such as the Scherzo No. 2 and this etude.

In the beginning, a strong C minor chord rings out. The left hand runs that follow are constructed on C harmonic minor, and the melody is further developed in the right hand. Given the context of the piece, one could liken the opening chord to a gunshot. The ensuing tumultuous left hand and impassioned right hand could then be interpreted as a hero fighting a battle in a war. After a hard struggle, the piece ends quite as chaotically and dramatically as it began, yet in C major, leaving us with a sense of ambiguity we are not sure if our hero prevailed or perished, but we do know that he fought bravely with both body and spirit. (Analysis from www.ourchopin.com)

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[Lawrencelovespiano]

There is something wrong in the description, it says the Pathétique and the Appassionata Sonatas were both in C Minor, but this is wrong. The Appassionata is in F Minor. But you got this from a website, so, it's not your fault. :P

[cciemail]

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Don't go to the vidds.net version of this. It takes control of your browser in the most way, and it's full of spam.

[cciemail]

you desperately need a lamp

[28iAD77]

Fantastic piece of play! Love to hear and see more of these.

[eemar007]

Absolutely FANTASTIC!

[fywssMusicTV]

Absolutely beautiful! Greetings from Hong Kong, China!

[pianogirl98]

That was really good! All the stars for you!

[Sorcerer88]

great =) you make me want to learn this piece!