Frédéric Chopin: Ballades: Piano: Study Score

The Ballades were composed in the years 1835-1842 and were all published in three editions; English German and French during his lifetime. The Ballades have become increasingly popular in recent years and are now regularly featured on the programmes of almost every concert performer of note and are required fare for all serious students of the Piano. This is a Willard A. Palmer Practical Performing Edition an accurate dependable clearly engraved and economical edition.

Ballades-In 1836 Chopin introduced the term 'ballad' into Piano music with the publication of his Ballad op. 23 although up to then it had only been used in literature and in vocal music.Indeed all four of Chopin'sballads have the character of a dramatic story: the musical thread is spun with increasing tension throughout the work reaching a powerful climax at the end. Following the 'Préludes' Henle have now thoroughly re-evaluated thisedition and revised it to include the latest scholarly findings. The most significant ones are documented in the printed critical apparatus; the detailed version can be downloaded from the Henle website.

50 kleine Klavierstücke. La collection Mini Maestro en trois volumes présente de petites pièces pour piano de difficulté progressive de très facile à moyenne, datant de cinq siècles, par ordre chronologique, de la musique baroque, classique, romantique, moderne au jazz, à la pop et à la musique minimale. A la fin de chaque volume se trouvent trois pièces bonus à quatre mains - sous la devise ' Plus de plaisir à deux '. Faciles à apprendre, toutes les pièces offrent un répertoire varié qui constitue un complément idéal à toute méthode de piano et convient à des concerts, leçons, examens et concours. Le volume 1 contient des morceaux dans la gamme pentatonique / dans des gammes pentatoniques changeantes, suivis de morceaux dans l'ambitus d'une octave avec un rythme simple et un jeu d'accords facile. D'autres critères sont la différente articulation, la mélodie à la main gauche, les signes d'octave et les pièces en majeur/mineur jusqu'une armure à un dièse/bémol. Le volume 2 contient des pièces dans l'ambitus étendu de deux octaves et avec un jeu des accords à trois ou quatre voix et des renversements. Les autres critères sont le jeu de pédale, des ornements élémentaires, la polyphonie simple, la différenciation de la mélodie et de l'accompagnement et les pièces en majeur/mineur jusqu'une armure à deux dièses/bémols. Le volume 3 contient des pièces avec un ambitus allant jusqu'à quatre octaves, avec un rythme et une vélocité plus exigeants. D'autres critères sont la différenciation subtile des tons, le jeu expressif, la polyphonie dans une main, la polyphonie avancée et les pièces en majeur/mineur jusqu'une armure à trois dièses/bémols. / Niveau : 2-3 / Classique / Recueil / Piano

When Chopin gave his Opus 23 the title ?Ballade? in the mid 1830s he established the Piano ballade as a new musical genre which was subsequently taken up by others including Brahms Liszt and Grieg.The idea of transforming a fictional dramatic and mystical event into music particularly suggested itself to the Romantic Schumann. He was enthusiastic about this work: ?I have a new Ballade by Chopin.It seems to me to be one of his most brilliant (not most inspired) works.? Our single edition has been taken from the recently revised edition of the ?Ballades? (HN 862). Detailed information on the genesis of this work and anevaluation of the sources can be downloaded free-of-charge.

Chopinâ??s four ballades four impromptus and three sonatas are among the composerâ??s most mature works rivalled only by his scherzos and polonaises for extended thematic development and formal structure. The eleven compositions in this volume are drawn from Carl Mikuliâ??s comprehensive edition of Chopinâ??s complete works for piano. As Chopinâ??s student and later teaching assistant Mikuli was in a privileged position to reflect on the masterâ??s approach to keyboard performance. The works contained in this volume are complete.

Complete Ballades Études Mazurkas Nocturnes Polonaises Préludes and Waltzes-This gigantic 724 page volume includes virtually the complete works of Chopin. The book is comb-bound for ease of use. A great value for the complete Ballades Études Mazurkas Nocturnes Polonaises Préludes andWaltzes.

A completely revised Urtext edition of this popular work. Norbert Müllemann to whom we are already indebted for the revisions of the Préludes and Ballades closely examined the musical text using the currentlyavailable sources and provided an informative preface and added footnotes to the musical text which contain possible performance alternatives.The Polonaise also known as the 'Heroic' due to its proudly pacingtheme is amongst Chopin's most forceful bravura pieces in particular on account of its breakneck ostinato octaves in the middle section.