Chopin completed his Preludes Op 28 in 1838, during a visit to Majorca that ended up in disaster. In addition to bleak lodgings and no access to a decent piano, the bad weather aggravated Chopin’s ...

This is one of Chopin's most mournful works has lived long in the memory thanks to Jack Nicholson, or all people. When you think of Chopin, you don't necessarily think of incurable sadness and ...

It’s possible that more people might have come to great music through Chopin than from any other composer. It’s equally likely they came to Chopin through his 24 piano preludes, the ultimate in ...

The 24 Preludes find their origin in J.-S. Bach's music, especially on account of their polymelodic texture; at the same time, they break from the post-classical tradition, since they lack any ...

Frederic Chopin was a Polish-born pianist and composer of matchless genius in the realm of keyboard music. As a pianist, his talents were beyond emulation and had an impact on other musicians entirely ...

This study demonstrates a comprehensive method for linking expert musicians' interpretive choices and associated performances to listeners' perceptions of emotionality. In Phase 1 of the study, 10 ...

After much delay audiences finally get to see the stage version of a musical detective story about Chopin’s Majorcan piano. Juan Bauza’s piano did the job, however, and it stayed in the cloister cell ...

Like others, I tend to repeat stories, but I figure it’s okay if they’re good ones. Let me quote a story I told in a September 2019 review: In the summer of 2012, I was driving from Ann Arbor, ...

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Chopin completed his Preludes Op 28 in 1838, during a visit to Majorca that ended up in disaster. In addition to bleak lodgings and no access to a decent piano, the bad weather aggravated Chopin’s ...