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Chopin: (Fantasy Impromptu in C# minor) Fantaisie-Impromptu Posthumous, Op. 66
Chopin: (Fantasy Impromptu in C# minor) Fantaisie-Impromptu Posthumous, Op. 66
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Length:
6 minutes
Released:
Aug 15, 2008
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Podcast episode
Description
This composition is one of Chopin's most famous, which is why it surprises most people to know it was never published in his lifetime. In fact, he instructed his pupil, Julian Fontana, to destroy the piece. It is not known why, but many speculate that he did not want the piece published for fear that some might say he had plagiarized Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata - this is because a passage in measures 7/8 (and repeated throughout the piece) is identical to a mini cadenza that exists in the third movement of Beethoven's famous work (measure 187).
This recording was made at my home on my studio upright piano. I hope you enjoy the recording.
This recording was made at my home on my studio upright piano. I hope you enjoy the recording.
Released:
Aug 15, 2008
Format:
Podcast episode
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