However, the weather turned cold in the winter of 1838-1839, and Chopin's health worsened as he and Sand lived in the unheated building he was probably already suffering from tuberculosis. Chopin's creativity was fired, and he would write brilliantly innovative sets of piano music over the next few years. The pair began a torrid affair (Sand was married) and traveled together in 1838 to Mallorca, Spain, where they found the local citizenry disapproving of their unconventional relationship and were forced to lodge in a disused monastery. After a planned marriage to a Polish girl, Maria Wodzinska, fell through, Chopin met writer Aurore Dudevant, who used the pen name George Sand. He performed at aristocratic salons, cultivating then-new genres such as the étude (the word means "study," but in Chopin's hands it became much more), the nocturne, the waltz, and, in a Polish vein, the mazurka and the polonaise. He immediately found himself in demand as a piano teacher, and soon he decided to settle in Paris, although he always hoped to return to Poland. In 1832, Chopin headed for Paris, in many ways the center of European cultural life, and dazzled the city's musical elite, including Franz Liszt, in a concert at the Salle Pleyel. 2, with the words "Hats off, gentlemen, a genius!" He was encouraged by composer Robert Schumann, who reviewed his Variations, Op. The Polish national spirit would pervade some of his larger works, including the so-called "Revolutionary" Etude (the Etude in C minor, Op. Chopin returned to Warsaw but departed again, first for Vienna, where he heard news that Poland's uprising against its Russian, Prussian, and Austrian rulers had failed. During this period, he wrote his two piano concertos, which contain much of the typical brilliant style of virtuoso piano music of the era, but show the development of a gift for distinctive melody, both ornate and emotionally deep. That year, Chopin set out on a tour of Austria, Germany, and France. He quickly outstripped the talents of most of Warsaw's top piano and composition teachers, and when he graduated from the Main School of Music in 1829, professor Józef Elsner pronounced him a genius. In these rustic surroundings, he was exposed to both the classics of keyboard music (including, significantly, those of Bach), by teachers who immediately recognized him as a prodigy, and to Polish folk music, which would be reflected in a pioneering musical nationalism. He was a progressive who revolutionized the harmonic content, the texture, and the emotional quality of the small piano piece, turning light dance forms, nocturnes, and study genres into profound works that were both daring and deeply inward.īorn Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin to a French father and a Polish mother, probably on March 1, 1810, he was a native of Zelazowa Wola village west of Warsaw. A lecture recital will be given focusing on these pieces to show the audience these melodic qualities both visually and aurally.Frédéric Chopin was the most famous composer of Polish origin in the history of Western concert music. Lastly, opposing melodies can be found in the Ballade No. Harmonic/Overtone pedaling can be found in the Prelude in D-flat major, Op. Inner melodies can be found in the Prelude in D-flat major, Op. Theme and variations can be found in the Ballade No. Embellished phrases can be found in the Prelude in D-flat major, Op. Pedal tones can be found in the Prelude in D-flat major, Op. These qualities were found in several of Chopin’s works and have been discovered as identifiable by theoretical analysis. The hypothesis is that there are certain melodic qualities in Chopin’s piano works that can be identified, including pedal tones, embellished phrases, theme and variations, inner melodies, harmonic/overtone pedaling and opposing rhythms. The methodology used in this study will be score study and qualitative research. The research problem investigated in this study is to determine the melodic qualities of the pianistic texture in Chopin’s solo piano works that are identifiable by theoretical analysis and public performance. The goal is to teach others to appreciate his works. This research focuses on specific aspects of selections of Chopin’s literature, and how those aspects can be taught to those unfamiliar with his works. These pieces continue to be performed around the world. Frederic Chopin composed many great piano works that musicians have enjoyed and studied since the Romantic Era.
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