Frédéric Chopin
Grande Valse brillante in E flat major op. 18
Frédéric Chopin
Grande Valse brillante in E flat major op. 18
- Instrumentation Piano
- Composer Frédéric Chopin
- Editor Hans-Martin Theopold
- Editor Ewald Zimmermann
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Difficulty Level
- Edition Sheet Music (Urtext)
- Publisher G. Henle Verlag
- Order no. HN1321
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Description:
Chopin's waltzes were - contrary to, say, those by Schubert - no longer conceived for dancing or for the ballroom. These pieces assumed the form and function of idealized concert waltzes, which Chopin enjoyed performing in the elegant and exclusive art-loving salons of Paris. A particularly eloquent example is the 'Grande Valse brillante' op. 18 which, with its multiplicity of charming melodic ideas and moods - now gently rocking, now overwhelming, now again triumphantly jubilant - became one of Chopin's most popular waltzes. The medium level of difficulty allows even less proficient pianists to become familiar with the 'brilliant' side of Chopin through this waltz.