Frédéric Chopin: Etude In G Flat Op.10 No. 5: Piano: Instrumental Work

Nicknamed the ?Black Key Étude? Frédéric Chopin?s Etude In G Flat Major Op. 10 No. 5 is one of his most popular. It has been a common repertoire piece for pianists since Chopin?s time and hasinspired numerous exercises arrangements and paraphrases.The etude was composed in 1830 and published for the first time in 1833 in France Germany and England as the fifth piece of Chopin?s Études Op. 10. Despiteits enduring popularity Chopin himself did not believe the study to be one of his most interesting. In a letter to his pianist friend and musical executor Julian Fontana he commented on Clara Wieck?sperformance:'Did Wieck play my Etude well? How could she have chosen precisely this Etude the least interesting for those who do not know that it is intended for the black keys instead of something better! It wouldhave been better to remain silent.'This Henle Urtext Edition for solo Piano has been edited by Ewald Zimmermann and includes fingering by Hermann Keller.

Les pièces pour piano de Frédéric Chopin sont tous absolument essentiels dans le répertoire de n'importe quel pianiste. Les préludes et les études sont des exemples extraordinairement de son génie. Contenu :
Twenty-four Preludes [Vingt-quatre Préludes pour le pianoforte] Op. 28
Prelude in C Major, Op. 28, No. 1
Prelude in A Minor, Op. 28, No. 2
Prelude in G Major, Op. 28, No. 3
Prelude in E Minor, Op. 28, No. 4
Prelude in D Major, Op. 28, No. 5
Prelude in B Minor, Op. 28, No. 6
Prelude in A Major, Op. 28, No. 7
Prelude in F-sharp Minor, Op. 28, No. 8
Prelude in E Major, Op. 28, No. 9
Prelude in C-sharp Minor, Op. 28, No. 10
Prelude in B Major, Op. 28, No. 11
Prelude in G-sharp Minor, Op. 28, No. 12
Prelude in F-sharp Major, Op. 28, No. 13
Prelude in E-flat Minor, Op. 28, No. 14
Prelude in D-flat Major, Op. 28, No. 15 ( Raindrop )
Prelude in B-flat Minor, Op. 28, No. 16
Prelude in A-flat Major, Op, 28, No. 17
Prelude in F Minor, Op. 28, No. 18
Prelude in E-flat Major, Op. 28, No. 19
Prelude in C Minor, Op. 28, No. 20
Prelude in B-flat Major, Op. 28, No. 21
Prelude in G Minor, Op. 28, No. 22
Prelude in F Major, Op. 28, No. 23
Prelude in D Minor, Op. 28, No. 24
Prelude Op. 45
Prelude in C-sharp Minor
Twelve Etudes [Douze grandes Études] Op. 10
Etude in C Major, Op. 10, No. 1
Etude in A Minor, Op. 10, No. 2
Etude in E Major, Op. 10, No. 3
Etude in C-sharp Minor, Op. 10, No. 4
Etude in G-flat Major, Op. 10, No. 5 ( Black Key )
Etude in E-flat Minor, Op. 10, No. 6
Etude in C Major, Op. 10, No. 7
Etude in F Major, Op. 10, No. 8
Etude in F Minor, Op. 10, No. 9
Etude in A-flat Major, Op. 10, No. 10
Etude in E-flat Major, Op. 10, No. 11
Etude in C Minor, Op. 10, No. 12 ( Revolutionary )
Twelve Etudes [Douze grandes Études] Op. 25
Etude in A-flat Major, Op. 25, No. 1 ( Aeolian Harp )
Etude in F Minor, Op. 25, No. 2
Etude in F Major, Op. 25, No. 3
Etude in A Minor, Op. 25, No. 4
Etude in E Minor, Op. 25, No. 5
Etude in G-sharp Minor, Op. 25, No. 6
Etude in C-sharp Minor, Op. 25, No. 7
Etude in D-flat Major, Op. 25, No. 8
Etude in G-flat Major, Op. 25, No. 9 ( Butterfly )
Etude in B Minor, Op. 25, No. 10
Etude in A Minor, Op. 25, No. 11 ( Winter Wind )
Etude in C Minor, Op. 25, No. 12
Three New Etudes [Trois Nouvelles Études]
Etude No. 1 in F Minor
Etude No. 2 in A-flat Major
Etude No. 3 in D-flat Major

Chopin wrote many Mazurkas. The Mazurka In D is one of the lesser-known examples.The Contredanse is written in the little-used key of G Flat Major. There remains controversy asto whether it was actually written by Chopin or not. If it was it was probably written c.1827 but it was never published during his lifetime. Frédéric Chopin (1710-1849) was a Polish composer andvirtuoso pianist whose compositional career was spent mostly in Paris. He only wrote music for the Piano and is best known today for his 12 Etudes and 24 Preludes a key part of any pianist?s repertoire.

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