Chopin Étude Op. 25, No. 7

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Étude No. 19
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Composition by Frédéric Chopin
Alternate name: Cello
Form: Étude
Key/Time signature: C-sharp minor, 3/2
Tempo Lento
Date of composition: 1834
Composition number: Op. 25 No. 7

Étude Op. 25, No. 7 is a solo piano work composed by Frédéric Chopin in 1834. Markedly different from Chopin's overall scheme of technical virtuosity, this étude is, on the whole, less brilliant, focusing more on perfect sound and phrasing.

[edit] Structure

The Étude is alternatively known as the "Cello", aptly due to the prominent melody played in the left hand. The entire étude is at a Lento (very slow) Tempo, exactly 66 BPM according to the German first edition.[1] Excepting measures 26, 27, and 53, which contain a rapid passage for the left hand, the étude is very straightforward and elementary in rhythm but not harmony. The theme is repeated four times throughout the piece, interspersed between are modulated variations of other melodies and cadences.

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Palmer, W: Chopin Etudes for the Piano, page 96. Alfred Publishing Co., Inc., 1992







Études by Frédéric Chopin
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Frédéric Chopin
Opus 10 Opus 25 Trois Nouvelles Études
No.1 "Waterfall" No.7 "Toccata" No.1 "Aeolian Harp" No.7 "Cello" No.1
No.2 "Chromatic" No.8 No.2 "The Bees" No.8 "Sixths" No.2
No.3 "Tristesse" No.9 No.3 "The Horseman" No.9 "Butterfly" No.3
No.4 "Torrent" No.10 No.4 No.10 "Octaves"
No.5 "Black Key" No.11 No.5 "Wrong Note" No.11 "Winter Wind"
No.6 No.12 "Revolutionary" No.6 "Thirds" No.12 "Ocean"

List of compositions by Frédéric Chopin • About the Chopin Études
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