#CHOPIN NOCTURN C SHARP MINOR MOVIE#

1 It is apparent on many early recordings made of pianists who were born in the nineteenth century and has been the subject of detailed analysis in recent years (see Peres Da Costa’s ‘Off the Record’ cited in the bibliography). The B minor Prelude is chosen for its brevity, the relative simplicity of its texture, and for the similarities of approach noted in the recordings, all of which use asynchrony as an expressive device in stark contrast to the majority of modern recordings.Īsynchrony is a general term which is used to describe playing notes in a separated or not-quite-together fashion where they are written as if they should normally be played at the same time in the score, for example a chord to which an arpeggiation is applied, or a left-hand bass note and right-hand melody note both written on the same beat but actually played with one hand being placed slightly before the other. Clearly then these pianists deserve to be taken seriously from a stylistic point of view. In addition, Rosenthal and Koczalski were taught as boys by Chopin’s disciple, Karol Mikuli. Both Pachmann and Rosenthal had contact with Liszt, who could apparently imitate Chopin’s playing very well, Rosenthal in particular receiving extensive instruction from him. This article examines closely three historical recordings of Chopin’s B minor Prelude Op.28 No.6, made by Vladimir de Pachmann (in 1927), Moriz Rosenthal (in 1935) and Raoul Koczalski (in 1939), with extensive audio and musical examples. Posthu.” for a Nazi concentration camp officer who decided she played it passably for him to allow her to live.“You can be early, you can be late, the two hands are not in phase then you make a compensation which re-establishes the ensemble.” George Mathias (pupil of Chopin, teacher of Raoul Pugno and Isidor Philipp) It was based on a Holocaust survivor Natalia Karp’s real story-she played “Nocturne in C Minor No.21 Op.

#CHOPIN NOCTURN C SHARP MINOR MOVIE#

Posthu.” was performed twice in the movie “The Pianist”, a movie which garnered many awards and received critical acclaim. His works are all well-known and frequently performed. Then the piece returns to the main theme with audible variations and some descending trills.Ĭhopin was a child prodigy, performing for public soirees as early as 8. The second section resembles his second Concerto’s main theme and a little later, it resembles its third movement. Here the left plays a totally different rhythm, increasing the difficulty of rendering this nocturne. Next, the main theme gets a rerun, though it undergoes a remodeling of the melody-which is a wonderful waterfall-like cascade of notes on the right hand. Light pedal creates a Legato melody or a smoothly-connected one throughout. In this complex Nocturne, melody is played by the right hand while the left hand plays the instrumental in Tenuto, meaning performed smoothly and the bass notes held longer. The piano tempo is Lento or slows throughout. This one was created by Chopin as an exercise for his second Concerto for his sister. Nocturnes, in general, were performed for night parties and recitals. Specifically expressive are its soft, effortlessly flowing trills and steady playing of the chords. Posthu.” is hypnotic, moody, and expressive. As a piano musical form, the Nocturne is called such because it evokes the evening and it also evokes emotions of privacy and subtlety. He composed this in 1830 but it was published after his death (thus posthumous is included in the title) in 1870. Chopin’s Music of the Night Saved a Pianist Here’s one of 21 nocturnes composed by French composer/pianist Frederic Chopin, who was popular for his Nocturne music.

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