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Frédéric Chopin – Fantaisie-Impromptu In C-Sharp Minor, Op. 66
It was this piano piece that first brought me into the world of Chopin, and it was also the first time I encountered a challenge when I was practicing it in my eighth grade. This composition is in ternary form. Its difficulty lies in the continuous sextuplet of the left hand misaligning with the quick quadruplet of the right hand in the first and third movements, which is in C-Sharp minor. This combination of a different rhythm and quick tempo cause people to have a sense of illusion. The middle movement is in D-flat major and a much slower tempo with a lyrical melody, which brings the listener into a beautiful world of fantasy. The melody ending is repeated in the bass as if the world in the fantasy is still fading. This is a work by Chopin at the age of twenty-four (1834), but it was not discovered by his descendants in the sheet music folder until his death and was published in 1855. The title “Fantasy” was taken at the time of publication.
Frédéric Chopin – Nocturne Op. 9 No. 1 in B-flat Minor
While the “Fantasy” opened the first door to the world of Chopin, this Nocturne made me completely obsessed with Chopin. The first melody successfully caught the ears of audiences in the dream world. This piece is in ternary form and has a slow tempo. The use of ornaments in the right hands and the soft arpeggio of the left hands described the beautiful night of nature. The key changed to D-flat major in the middle section and the pure and lyrical melody made the mood more dreamy. Then, it went back to the main melody. During the up climbing of the pitches, it dissipated like a ray of smoke before reaching the highest pitch. As the melody continued to climb, the climax arrives. After another repetition of this melody, the mood quietly changed, and the sense of slight dissonance in harmony appeared as if it were a trace of fluctuation in a sweet dream. Slowly, the waves gradually smoothed, everything seemed to slowly dissipate, and the light slowly dimmed, just as everything was about to disappear, the familiar melody at the beginning sounded again, bringing the listener into the quiet forest floating forward in the trail. Finally, there are three chords like the church bells in the distance, which makes people feel quiet and comforted. The dream-like mood gradually goes away and finally disappears…
This nocturne, together with the next two, was written in 1830-1832 and published in 1833. It is the earliest nocturne published by Chopin and dedicated to Mrs. Mary-Pryel.
Frédéric Chopin – Étude Op. 10, No. 12 in C minor, the “Revolutionary Étude”
Playing by the restless running of the left hand and enthusing the melody development of the right hand, I think this composition is an outpouring of intense anger and passion. This eminent composition is made by Chopin after knowing the failure of Poland’s rebellion against Russia. The burst of the dissonant seventh chord, in the beginning, conveys a sense of tension and instability. It leads to the pouring of the phrase consisting of a series of sixteenth tones. The excessively quick tempo from the left hand evokes anger and anxiety. And the disjunct melody is composed of dissonant chords and the upstream syncopation in the main melody from the right-hand express perseverance and fortitude. The repeated main melody in 0:38 but with a much lower dynamic conveys more than just anxiety and perseverance but also the painful struggle. In the middle of the piece, the emotion was enhanced by three repetitions of the main melody but with more chords and higher rhythm (1:15 – 1:58). After the three progressions, we seem to be able to see the dawn of victory. The ending of this piece uses four tonic chords of C major with fortississimo. Unlike the dissonant chord used at the beginning and the middle, the consonant tonic chord expresses the determination of victory.
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我是你唯一
I’m your one and only
Landing Guy
Are we falling in love?
往后余生
For the rest of my life