Frédéric Chopin
Waltz D flat major Op. 64,1 Minute
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Frédéric Chopin
Waltz D flat major Op. 64,1 Minute
- Instrumentation Piano
- Composer Frédéric Chopin
- Editor Ewald Zimmermann
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- Edition Sheet Music (Urtext)
- Publisher G. Henle Verlag
- Order no. HN662
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Description:
The popular nickname 'Minute Waltz' should not mislead the pianist into playing this 'string of pearls' too hastily. Another nickname is more effective, that of 'Petit Chien' Puppy that is frequently used in France. According to George Sand, the D-flat major waltz from op. 64 was inspired by a little dog playing - which certainly lends itself delightfully and convincingly to a dynamically charged opening motif with a little dog whirling about (or around the note A flat). Chopin dedicated this first of the Three Waltzes op.64, written in 1847, to his former Parisian piano student and friend of many years the Polish Countess Delfina Potocka, whose musical soirées provided the ideal setting for a musical jewel like this.