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Lento ... and other works
" Let us first explain the meaning of the letters WN added to the titles Lento and Mazurka in F minor.The works of unquwstionable autorship published after Chopin`s death were arranged chronologically in the National Edition, in the same manner as those marked with opuses. They were given parallel numbers, from WN 1 to WN 65 ( WN stands for Wydanie Narodowe, meaning "the National Edition")...
The case of Lento demonstrates an essential feature of Chopin`s creation process: his endless inconsistency in trying to achieve perfection, his constant wish to "polish up " and the difficulty in grasping " the final moment". So far, only the National Edition has managed to emphasise this feature of Chopuin`s creative work....
There is one peculiar work here, namely Mazurka in F minor, the last composition by Chopin {...}. In his biography of Chopin, Franz Liszt quotes him saying that he " would never free himself from the emotion his heart is based on" and that " no other language has an equivalent of Polish word ¿al {...}.The farewell Mazurka in F minor most fully expresses this feeling of the composer. "Marek Wieroñski - BeArTon
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