Fantaisie in F minor (Chopin)

Frédéric Chopin's Fantaisie in F minor, Op. 49, is a single-movement work for the piano, composed in 1841, when he was 31 years old.^[1] From Chopin's letters it is known that he used the name "fantasy" to show some sort of freedom from rules and give a Romantic expression.^[1] Frédéric Chopin continued the tradition of a self-contained movement in his Fantaisie.^[2] This Fantaisie is one of Chopin's longest and greatest works. Only his Polonaise-Fantaisie, sonatas, and piano concertos are longer.

Form

This work belongs to the Fantasy form, a composition free in form and inspiration.^[2] It begins with a solemn marching theme that eventually plunges into a passionate and virtuosic section, marked poco doppio movimento, still with elements of marching, but more triumphant and positive in mood. About halfway through the piece occurs a slow and sombre chorale-like section in B major, before the previous section is restated. After a short, quiet and sweet statement followed by a final flourish the work cadences in the major key. This piece is 11-14 minutes long.

References

1 2 "Fryderyk Chopin - Information Centre - Fantasy in F minor, Op. 49 - Genres". en.chopin.nifc.pl. 2012. Retrieved 23 May 2012.
1 2 "fantasia (music) -- Britannica Online Encyclopedia". britannica.com. 2012. Retrieved 23 May 2012. composition free in form and inspiration, usually for an instrumental soloist

External links

Fantasy Op.49: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
Performance of Fantaisie in F minor by Cecile Licad from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in MP3 format

Miscellaneous extant works by Frédéric Chopin

With opus numbers Variations brillantes in B-flat major on "Je vends des scapulaires" from Hérold's Ludovic, Op. 12 Boléro, Op. 19 Tarantelle in A-flat major, Op. 43 Allegro de concert, Op. 46 Fantaisie in F minor, Op. 49 Berceuse in D-flat major, Op. 57 Barcarole in F-sharp major, Op. 60 Marche funèbre in C minor, Op. posth. 72/2 Three Écossaises, Op. posth. 72/3 17 Polish songs, Op. posth. 74 Without opus numbers Album Leaf (Moderato) in E major, B. 151 Andantino in G minor (arr. of the piano part of the song Wiosna), B. 117 2 Bourrées, B. 160b Canon in F minor, B. 129a Cantabile in B-flat major, B. 84 Contredanse in G-flat major (doubtful), B. 17 Fugue in A minor, B. 144 3 Fugues; arr. from Cherubini's Cours de contrepoint et de fugue, KK. VIIa/2 Galopp in A-flat (Galop Marquis), P. 2/13 Introduction, Theme and Variations in D on a Venetian air, for piano 4-hands, KK. IVa/6 Klavierstück in B-flat (1834), P. 2/6 Klavierstück in E-flat (1837), P. 2/5 Klavierstück in E-flat (1840), P. 2/10 Largo in E-flat, B. 109 2 Polish songs, B. 51, 132 Variations in A, Souvenir de Paganini, B. 37 Variation in E for Hexameron, B. 113 Variations in E for flute and piano on "Non più mesta" from Rossini's La Cenerentola, B.9, KK. Anh. Ia/5 Variations in E major on the air "Der Schweizerbub", a.k.a. Introduction et Variations sur un Lied allemand, B. 14

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