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Ballads
"Chopin wrote his Ballads continually throughout the whole mature creative period of his, which is proved by the numbers of Opuses:23, 38,47,52. According to Robert Schumann, who is supposed to have learnt it from Chopin himself, Mickiewicz`s ballads were probably a direct inspiration for the composer. This claim is confirmed by the fact that the first of the Ballads was called "The Polish Ballad" in the circle of Chopin`s friends {....}.
Fantasia Op. 49, one of Chopin`s greatest masterpieces, shares certain features with Ballads {...}. Commenting upon the Fantasia, Chopin expressed one of the most intimate confessions referring to his own work and the sense of living: Today I finished Fantasia - and the sky is beautiful; I feel sorrow in my heart, it doesn`t matter, though. Were is different, no one would gain from my existence."
Jan Ekier
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