40. FAMOUS WORKS
• La Campanella
• The Carnival of Venice
• 24 Caprices for Solo Violin,
Op. 1
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42. • Known as the “Poet of the Piano”
•Piano – 4 y/o
•Composed “polonaise” – 7 y/o
•folk music
•Wrote almost exclusively for piano
43. • Fantasie in F minor, Op. 49
•Revolutionary Etude
•Op. 10, No. 12
•24 preludes, Op. 28
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45. •Went to Paris
•Met legendary composers (Liszt,
Mendelssohn, Schumann)
•Married George Sand
•Pulmonary Tuberculosis
46. • Ballade – verse or narrative (set to music)
• Etude – piece for development of a technique
• Mazurka – Polish dance (triple time signature)
• Nocturne – instrumental of a dreamy mood in piano
• Polonaise – slow Polish dance (triple Time
signature): march, procession
47. • Waltz – German dance in triple meter
• Impromptu – short free-form composition for solo
instrument
• Scherzo –playful movement, typically in ABA from
• Sonata – composition for one/more solo
instruments consisting og 3 or 4 independent
movements varying in key, mood and tempo
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56. Works:
• “Abegg Variations,” Opus 1 (1830)
• “Kreislariana,” Opus 16 (1838)
• “Kinderszenen,” Opus 15 (1838)
Art songs:
• “Dischterliebe” (A poet’s Love)
Orchestral Music:
• “Overture,” Scherzo
• “Finale,” Opus 52 ( a mini symphony)
• “Piano Concerto in A Minor,” Opus 54