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Scherzos, Variations , Berceuse
" In December, 1830, Chopin spent the Christmas Eve in Vienna, for the first time away from home. It was probably during this special day, on the Christmas midnight mass in Viennese St. Stephen Cathedral, that the idea of Scherzo in B minor, and its quotation from the most beautiful Polish carol "Lulajże Jezuniu" (Sleep my Child ), originated.
Each of Chopin scherzos has its own {...} form variation. They are filled with the peculiar expression, though composed in the form of da capo, in which full of movement, restless first and last parts contrast with the middle part. The form is exemplified in the carol mentioned above, group of themes with rhythms of Italian siciliana and waltz (Scherzo in B flat minor), "philosophical" chorale in Waldesian Scherzo in C sharp minor, as well as ecstatic and lyrical "song" in Scherzo E major.
Berceuse in D flat major {...} is one of the greatest examples of Chopin invention as far as the ornamental variation is concerned.
Marek Wieroński - BeArTon
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