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    STUDIA MUSICA - Issue no. 1 / 2010  
         
  Article:   THE CONCEPTION OF THE MUSICAL FORM OF FRYDERYK CHOPIN’S PRELUDES OP. 28 (DEDICATED TO FRYDERYK CHOPIN’S 200TH BIRTH ANNIVERSARY).

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  Abstract:  Fryderyk Chopin’s preludes are a set of piano miniatures. The term prelude is used in an unconventional sense. These pieces do not serve as introductions; they are freestanding works. Chopin’s Op. 28 preludes have been compared to J. S. Bach’s preludes in the Wohltemperiertes Clavier, although they have been following a unique structure. While Bach’s pieces are arranged in ascending chromatic order, Chopin’s preludes are arranged in a circle of fifth. Let us evoke the brief characterisation of Hugo Leichtentritt regarding these beautiful and important compositions: “The variety of moods and impressions contained in the Preludes Op. 28 is without equal in the whole of world music literature”.

Keywords: Chopin, Preludes, conception, musical form, harmony, structure, biography.
 
         
     
         
         
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