Chopin - Preludio op.28 n.7

Chopin's preludes, Op. 28, are a set of short pieces for the piano, one in each of the twenty-four keys, originally published in 1839 and dedicated to Joseph Christoph Kessler, a composer of piano studies during Chopin's time. Ten years earlier, Kessler had dedicated his own set of 24 Preludes, Op. 31, to Chopin. Although the term prelude is generally used to describe an introductory piece, Chopin's stand as self-contained units, each conveying a specific idea or emotion.

The Op. 28 preludes were commissioned by the piano-maker and publisher Camille Pleyel for 2,000 francs.[1] Chopin wrote them between 1835 and 1839, partly at Valldemossa, Majorca, where he spent the winter of 1838-39 and where he had fled with George Sand and her children to escape the damp Paris weather.[2]

Due to their brevity and apparent lack of formal structure, the Op. 28 preludes caused some consternation among critics at the time of their publication.[3] No prelude is longer than 90 measures (No. 17), and the shortest, No. 9, is a mere 12 measures. Robert Schumann said: "They are sketches, beginnings of études, or, so to speak, ruins, individual eagle pinions, all disorder and wild confusions."[4] Franz Liszt's opinion, however, was more positive: "Chopin's Preludes are compositions of an order entirely apart... they are poetic preludes, analogous to those of a great contemporary poet, who cradles the soul in golden dreams..."[4] Despite the lack of thematic structure, for example motives that appear in more than one prelude, scholar Jeffrey Kresky has argued that Op. 28 is more than the sum of its parts:

"Individually they seem like pieces in their own right ... But each works best along with the others, and in the intended order ... The Chopin preludes seem to be at once twenty-four small pieces and one large one. As we note or sense at the start of each piece the various connections to and changes from the previous one, we then feel free to involve ourselves as listeners, as players, as commentators only with the new pleasure at hand."[5]

Prelude No. 7 "The Polish Dancer" is written in the style of a mazurka, in 3/4 time. It is the basis of Federico Mompou's Variations on a Theme by Chopin.

Il Preludio Op. 28 n. 7, conosciuto anche con il titolo apocrifo di Danza Polacca, è una composizione musicale per pianoforte scritto da Frédéric Chopin fra il 1831 e il 1838. Chopin lo dedicò a Delfina Potocka, una giovane e bellissima aristocratica polacca, forse sua allieva, che un giorno gli chiese di annotare sul proprio album un suo ricordo personale. Per durata si esaurisce nell'arco di pochi secondi ed è il brano in assoluto più breve di tutta la letteratura romantica. Ma appunto così doveva essere: un tema di mazurka lieve e salottiero come fugace pensiero per la propria terra e adorabile omaggio per l'incantevole compatriota.
(Wikipedia)

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[riceboii101]

this was wonderful!!! i loved ur interpretation.  Which arrangement is this?

[simonguitar2]

Thank u!This an arrangement made by the Italian M° Roberto Fabbri.

[1187cocco]

Hi guy great job, it's very relaxing, and like say the italian:"baciamo'e mani... " lol

[simonguitar2]

Cocco u are great!!!!

[jtothedubya]

Quite relaxing to listen to this one.

[simonguitar2]

Listen to it before sleeping, it's better than a sedative:-)

[PESQUIM]

@bigfatfoot ONLY thinking about an electic guitar for this one is like kill them. Lern to listen the wood of a good classical acoustic guitar.

[abialystok]

very good man!

[Babejuda]

Thank you for this wonderful arrangement, performance and information. Bravo!

As I did my MA on Chopin's 24 Preludes, I developed the (already existing) theory of the Dies Irae's motive in the 2nd one (in the left hand) and found this motive as one which appears (in hidden places) in all of the 24 - thus connecting them to one big work. I thank you again for the much thought you gave in this upload.

[AndreasBusshart]

I enjoyed it ...nice job on this ....peace!!!

[789pequignot]

great job

[auberjeunois]

You're a great classical guitar player. This is beautiful. 5*