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Frederic Chopin and his favorite composers and compositions...
This I think is quite important. When we look at Chopin's discipline, he did not directly teach his own works to his students. First, he taught the works of composers he loved. He wanted them to learn to play polyphony with Bach, to learn to play cantabile with Mozart - Field, to learn to play legato with Clementi. He asked his students to go to operas and learn the art of bel canto.
Chopin's compositions have influences from the composers here, but Chopin was both eclectic and made original developments. It can be seen that in general he does not like his peers and is close to the "classical" period. But we shouldn't miss his "romantic" vein, and even though these composers were among his favourites, and fed by them, he wanted to do something "new". Chopin contains many innovations in terms of harmonic and style.
00:00 J. S. Bach - WTC I, Prelude and Fugue No. 10 in E Minor (Mieczysław Horszowski, 1979)
03:44 W. A. Mozart - Piano Sonata No. 9, K. 311: I. Allegro con spirito (Wanda Landowska, 1956)
10:49 Vincenzo Bellini - "Ah Non Credea Mirarti" from La Sonnambula (Adelina Patti, 1906)
14:13 Johann Nepomuk Hummel - Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 85: II. Larghetto (Dmitry Shishkin)
Recording source and If you want to listen to the full recording: @pianopera
18:56 John Field - Nocturne No. 1 in E flat major (Ignace Tiegerman, 1965)
Recording source: @gullivior
23:00 Ignaz Moscheles - Etude, Op. 70 No. 5 (York Bowen)
24:40 Carl Maria von Weber - Piano Sonata No. 2 Op. 39: II. Andante (Alfred Cortot, 1939)
30:31 Gioachino Rossini - "Resta immobile" from Guglielmo Tell (Mattia Battistini, 1912)
35:05 Giacomo Meyerbeer - "Valse Infernale" from Robert le Diable (Marcel Journet, 1912)
38:56 Niccolò Paganini - "Le Streghe" (Witches Dance), Op. 8 (Camillo Sivori)
42:05 G. F. Handel - "But oh! what art can teach" from Ode for St. Cecilia's Day (Wolfgang Helbich -Conductor-, Dorethee Mields -Soprano-, 2004)
46:23 Ludwig van Beethoven - Sonata No. 12 in A-Flat Major, Op. 26 "Funeral March": III. Maarcia funebre sulla morte d'un Eroe (Claudio Arrau, 1962)
Recording Source: @music-poetry
52:42 Muzio Clementi - Piano Sonata in B-flat major, Op 12, I: Larghetto con espressione (Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, 1959)
55:50 J. P. Cramer - Étude, Op. 81 No. 41 (Jean-Pierre Marty)
58:50 Friedrich Kalkbrenner - Piano Concerto No. 1 Op. 61: I. Allegro maestoso, Excerpt (Hans Kann, 1973)
1:04:05 August Alexander Klengel - 24 Canons and Fugues, Book II (Selection).
* It was sampled from Steffen Fahl's resampled.de
1:08:46 Felix Mendelssohn - Lieder ohne Worte, Book 1, Op. 19, No. 6 in G Minor (Ignaz Friedman, 1930)
Sources of information in the video:
* 'Chopin's Letters'
* 'Chopin: Pianist and Teacher: As Seen by His Pupils' by Jean-Jacques Eigeldinger, Roy Howat · 1986
* 'In Search of Chopin' by Alfred Cortot, 1951
* 'Fryderyk Chopin: A Life and Times' by Alan Walker, 2018
* 'Chopin Studies' by John Rink, Jim Samson
* 'The Cambridge Companion to Chopin' by Jim Samson, Jonathan Cross · 1994
* 'Frederick Chopin, as a Man and Musician' by Frederick Niecks, 1888
* 'Music in Chopin's Warsaw' by Halina Goldberg, 2008
* 'Life of Chopin' by Franz Liszt
* Chopin in Paris: The Life and Times of the Romantic Composer - Tad Szulc
* 'The Lives of the Great Composers' - Harold C. Schonberg, 1970
* The Great Pianists: From Mozart to the Present - Harold C. Schonberg, 1962
* 'The Romantic Generation' - Charles Rosen (1998)
* 'Interpreting Mozart: The Performance of His Piano Works' - Paul Badura-Skoda
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Frederic Chopin and his favorite composers and compositions...
This I think is quite important. When we look at Chopin's discipline, he did not directly teach his own works to his students. First, he taught the works of composers he loved. He wanted them to learn to play polyphony with Bach, to learn to play cantabile with Mozart - Field, to learn to play legato with Clementi. He asked his students to go to operas and learn the art of bel canto.
Chopin's compositions have influences from the composers here, but Chopin was both eclectic and made original developments. It can be seen that in general he does not like his peers and is close to the "classical" period. But we shouldn't miss his "romantic" vein, and even though these composers were among his favourites, and fed by them, he wanted to do something "new". Chopin contains many innovations in terms of harmonic and style.
00:00 J. S. Bach - WTC I, Prelude and Fugue No. 10 in E Minor (Mieczysław Horszowski, 1979)
03:44 W. A. Mozart - Piano Sonata No. 9, K. 311: I. Allegro con spirito (Wanda Landowska, 1956)
10:49 Vincenzo Bellini - "Ah Non Credea Mirarti" from La Sonnambula (Adelina Patti, 1906)
14:13 Johann Nepomuk Hummel - Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 85: II. Larghetto (Dmitry Shishkin)
Recording source and If you want to listen to the full recording: @pianopera
18:56 John Field - Nocturne No. 1 in E flat major (Ignace Tiegerman, 1965)
Recording source: @gullivior
23:00 Ignaz Moscheles - Etude, Op. 70 No. 5 (York Bowen)
24:40 Carl Maria von Weber - Piano Sonata No. 2 Op. 39: II. Andante (Alfred Cortot, 1939)
30:31 Gioachino Rossini - "Resta immobile" from Guglielmo Tell (Mattia Battistini, 1912)
35:05 Giacomo Meyerbeer - "Valse Infernale" from Robert le Diable (Marcel Journet, 1912)
38:56 Niccolò Paganini - "Le Streghe" (Witches Dance), Op. 8 (Camillo Sivori)
42:05 G. F. Handel - "But oh! what art can teach" from Ode for St. Cecilia's Day (Wolfgang Helbich -Conductor-, Dorethee Mields -Soprano-, 2004)
46:23 Ludwig van Beethoven - Sonata No. 12 in A-Flat Major, Op. 26 "Funeral March": III. Maarcia funebre sulla morte d'un Eroe (Claudio Arrau, 1962)
Recording Source: @music-poetry
52:42 Muzio Clementi - Piano Sonata in B-flat major, Op 12, I: Larghetto con espressione (Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, 1959)
55:50 J. P. Cramer - Étude, Op. 81 No. 41 (Jean-Pierre Marty)
58:50 Friedrich Kalkbrenner - Piano Concerto No. 1 Op. 61: I. Allegro maestoso, Excerpt (Hans Kann, 1973)
1:04:05 August Alexander Klengel - 24 Canons and Fugues, Book II (Selection).
* It was sampled from Steffen Fahl's resampled.de
1:08:46 Felix Mendelssohn - Lieder ohne Worte, Book 1, Op. 19, No. 6 in G Minor (Ignaz Friedman, 1930)
Sources of information in the video:
* 'Chopin's Letters'
* 'Chopin: Pianist and Teacher: As Seen by His Pupils' by Jean-Jacques Eigeldinger, Roy Howat · 1986
* 'In Search of Chopin' by Alfred Cortot, 1951
* 'Fryderyk Chopin: A Life and Times' by Alan Walker, 2018
* 'Chopin Studies' by John Rink, Jim Samson
* 'The Cambridge Companion to Chopin' by Jim Samson, Jonathan Cross · 1994
* 'Frederick Chopin, as a Man and Musician' by Frederick Niecks, 1888
* 'Music in Chopin's Warsaw' by Halina Goldberg, 2008
* 'Life of Chopin' by Franz Liszt
* Chopin in Paris: The Life and Times of the Romantic Composer - Tad Szulc
* 'The Lives of the Great Composers' - Harold C. Schonberg, 1970
* The Great Pianists: From Mozart to the Present - Harold C. Schonberg, 1962
* 'The Romantic Generation' - Charles Rosen (1998)
* 'Interpreting Mozart: The Performance of His Piano Works' - Paul Badura-Skoda
If you want to support me: patreon.com/chopinzee
Instagram: instagram.com/ozanfabien
Twitter: twitter.com/chopinzeeblog
My website on classical music: chopinzee.com
