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The Piano Poet
‘Chopin’
By Kyheon Park
Who is Chopin?
1810 – 1849 Composer Pianist Piano instructor
Composer and a virtuoso Pianist…
Orchestral Music Sonata Chamber Music Choral Music Concerto
Prelude Etude Ballade Nocturne Impromptu Waltz Polonaise Mazurka
Etc. . .
Nocturne ‘Music of the evening or night’
Melodic right hand Rhythmic leN hand Sustained pedal
His Musical CharacterisPcs
Refined rhythm Complexity
VerPcal and horizontal harmonic figures
Extended forms ChromaPc
I like it…..
Fantasie Impromptu C# minor, Op. posth. 66
The comparison between the 3rd movement of ‘Moonlight Sonata’ by Beethoven
“Chopin was a genius of universal appeal. His music conquers the most diverse audiences. Even in this
abstract of atomic age where emoPon is not fashionable, Chopin endures. His music is the universal language of human communicaPon.
When I play Chopin, I know I speak directly to the hearts of the people” -‐ Arthur Rubinstein -‐
Thank you