Chopin, Frédéric: Polonaises

The polonaise made its first appearances in stylized dance music in the late 16th century. With his own polonaises, Chopin also declared his allegiance to his native Poland. In a way, the genre had fascinated him since his childhood. His earliest printed work was a Polonaise (KK IIa no. 1 in g minor), which he had written at the age of seven. The first three posthumously published Polonaises op. 71 as well as KK IVa nos. 1–3, 5 and 8 are juvenilia from the Warsaw years. The mature works begin with the seven great Polonaises op. 26 nos. 1 and 2, op. 40 nos. 1 and 2, op. 44 and 53, and, above all, the Polonaise-Fantaisie op. 61 of 1845/46, Chopin’s last great piano work. With their mixture of festiveness and refinement, of power and suppleness, of heroic pathos and graceful charm, they all testify to the inimitable artistry of this great composer.

Subtitle	Polonaises
Composer	Frédéric Chopin
Instrument Group	Piano or Keyboard
Instrumentation	Piano
Product Type	Book (Softcover)
Publisher	G. Henle Verlag
Genre	Classical
StylePeriodView Description	Romantic
Year of Publication	1984
Min Qty	0
Number of Pages	156
ISMN	9790201802176
Edition Number	HN 217
No.	HN217