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MorrisseyMan

Joined: 24 Sep 2006 Posts: 16 Location: Gold Coast, Australia
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Posted: Mon Oct 09, 2006 8:42 am Post subject: Chopin in Paris. |
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Do you believe that Chopin moving to Paris had an effect on his compositions?
I believe that it did. For example, in his Nocturne, opus 15, number 1 (F major), the opening melody is very French. Also, the opening of his Ballade in F major (or A minor, whichever side you are on ) sounds almost like a French Christmas Carrol.
Does anyone know any other pieces that have French influence? |
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chopin Site Admin

Joined: 24 Jul 2003 Posts: 72 Location: Philadelphia, PA
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Posted: Wed Nov 29, 2006 5:39 pm Post subject: |
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Well, we may think of the 2 most famous nocturnes Op.27, the "Notre Dame Paris" prelude Op.28 No.17, and some of his "grande valses brillantes". |
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wanderer
Joined: 29 Sep 2006 Posts: 73
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Posted: Fri Dec 08, 2006 1:53 am Post subject: |
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Well, I can think of Prelude Op.45, but may not really close to French style. |
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enchantedpianist
Joined: 29 Sep 2006 Posts: 41 Location: Vietnam
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Posted: Fri Jan 05, 2007 11:58 am Post subject: |
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How about Nocturne Op.32 No.2, maybe except the middle section? |
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chopin Site Admin

Joined: 24 Jul 2003 Posts: 72 Location: Philadelphia, PA
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Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2007 4:38 am Post subject: |
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Maybe. I'm thinking of 3 nocturnes op.9. Why did the publisher name them "Les murmures de la Seine"? |
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baroquevn
Joined: 30 Jun 2007 Posts: 5 Location: Vietnam
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Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2007 2:16 am Post subject: |
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Well..then, how about " Polonaise B flat Minor " ?. I think its style is the same " French style" although it was composed in 1826 and Chopin arrived to Paris in 1931. I am confusing. |
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lol_nl
Joined: 18 Sep 2006 Posts: 32 Location: Ede, Netherlands
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Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 7:28 pm Post subject: |
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baroquevn wrote: | Well..then, how about " Polonaise B flat Minor " ?. I think its style is the same " French style" although it was composed in 1826 and Chopin arrived to Paris in 1931. I am confusing. |
Well, of course he might've been inspired by French music in Poland already, just like some of his later works he wrote in France still contained many Polish elements. _________________ Yiteng
"Music is enough for a lifetime, but a lifetime is not enough for music." - S. Rachmaninov |
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