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Description: Frederic Chopin composed his Waltz in E minor, Op. Posth c. 1830. The piece is characterized by youthful playfulness in the relaxed and delightful settings of the aristocratic salon.

Description: Frederic Chopin composed his Waltz in E minor, Op. Posth c. 1830. The piece is characterized by youthful playfulness in the relaxed and delightful settings of the aristocratic salon.

Description: Frederic Chopin's Waltz in D-flat major, Op. 64, No. 1 hearkens back to the style brillant. The dazzling, but insubstantial expression acquired new characteristics. Firstly, a succinctness of utterance, secondly, the somewhat melancholy tenderness with which the waltz�s trio is expressed. But the coda of the Waltz, through its terseness, breaks with brillant practice and acts as a point of culmination.

Description: The Sonata No. 3 in b minor, Op. 58 was composed in 1844 and published in 1845. It retains the dramatic structuring inherited from the Classics. Here, as in Mozart and Beethoven, the composition � rendered coherent by means of differences, contrast and end-weighting � comprises four movements. Outwardly, the fourth movement, Finale, has the appearance of a rondo, but it proceeds in a balladic meter, and has the tone and spirit of a ballade. First, one is jolted from the contemplation of distant horizons, Thereafter, in a constant presto tempo and with the expression of emotional perturbation, this frenzied, electrifying music, runs to the end. Not even for a moment is this precipitous momentum reined in by the music of the episodes. And the main theme of the finale, its refrain, running ballade-like with the curtain raised, is transformed and grows in power.

Description: The Sonata No. 3 in b minor, Op. 58 was composed in 1844 and published in 1845. It retains the dramatic structuring inherited from the Classics. Here, as in Mozart and Beethoven, the composition � rendered coherent by means of differences, contrast and end-weighting � comprises four movements. The third movement, Largo, which might be termed the central movement of the Sonata, ushers in real feelings and reflections. It is replete with song. It has the shape and character of a nocturne, a song � actually an aria � of the night. A nocturne cantabile flows through its outermost sections. It is serious, focused, held back by a dotted rhythm. Chopin gave the middle section of the Largo to contemplative, self-absorbed music. Its waves seem immobile, though here too the narrative breaks off and we hear �unanswered questions�.

Description: The Sonata No. 3 in b minor, Op. 58 was composed in 1844 and published in 1845. It retains the dramatic structuring inherited from the Classics. Here, as in Mozart and Beethoven, the composition � rendered coherent by means of differences, contrast and end-weighting � comprises four movements. The second movement, Scherzo, brings a breath from another world � more from the realm of A Midsummer Night�s Dream than from the world of real, profound feelings. The lightness and airiness of this figuration gives a moment of respite. The Scherzo passes, like a dream or a distant memory.

Description: The Sonata No. 3 in b minor, Op. 58 was composed in 1844 and published in 1845. It retains the dramatic structuring inherited from the Classics. Here, as in Mozart and Beethoven, the composition � rendered coherent by means of differences, contrast and end-weighting � comprises four movements. The narrative of the first movement, Allegro maestoso, rises and falls, ranging from accents of strength, from tumult and terror, to moments of nocturne-like quietude, before ultimately finding a haven in the two lyrical themes. It is they that fill the reprise, concluding the first act of the Sonata in lyrical exultation.

Description: Fr�d�ric Chopin's Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op. 35, popularly known as The Funeral March, was completed in 1839 at Nohant, near Ch�teauroux in France. However, the third movement, whence comes the sonata's common nickname, had been composed as early as 1837. The Sonata is considered to be one of the greatest masterworks of the nineteenth century. This is the calm interlude in D-flat major of the third movement Marche fun�bre: Lento, a graceful melody that is childlike, innocent, fragile, and defenceless. It serves as a hint of one's dearest memories, a moment that is acutely touching.

Description: Fr�d�ric Chopin's Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op. 35, popularly known as The Funeral March, was completed in 1839 at Nohant, near Ch�teauroux in France. However, the third movement, whence comes the sonata's common nickname, had been composed as early as 1837. The Sonata is considered to be one of the greatest masterworks of the nineteenth century. This is the celebrated funeral march in B-flat minor of the third movement Marche fun�bre: Lento. Beginning and ending the Sonata, the funeral march gives the sonata its nickname. The emotive "funeral march" has become well known in popular culture. It was used at the state funerals of John F. Kennedy, Sir Winston Churchill and Margaret Thatcher. It was also played in the funeral of the Spanish poet Miguel Hern�ndez and at the graveside during Chopin's own burial at P�re Lachaise Cemetery in Paris.

Description: Fr�d�ric Chopin's Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op. 35, popularly known as The Funeral March, was completed in 1839 at Nohant, near Ch�teauroux in France. However, the third movement, whence comes the sonata's common nickname, had been composed as early as 1837. The Sonata is considered to be one of the greatest masterworks of the nineteenth century. The fourth movement Finale: Presto contains a whirlwind of unremitting parallel octaves, with unvarying tempo and dynamics, and not a single rest or chord until the final bars. It has been described as the "wind howling around the gravestones."