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Unit XVII The Nineteenth-Century Piano Piece

“I have called my piano pieces after the names of my favorite haunts…they will form a delightful souvenir, a kind of second diary.” —Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel

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45. The Piano and Its Literature • Piano: home use,

favorite instrument of virtuosos

• Four-hand piano music

• Technical improvements

• Steinway

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The Short Lyric Piano Piece

• Instrumental equivalent to the song– “Prelude,” “Intermezzo,” “Impromptu”– Mazurka, polonaise, waltz, scherzo

Chopin: Prelude in E, Op. 28, No. 4

Chopin: Mazurka, Op. 53, No. 3

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The Short Lyric Piano Piece

FranzSchubert

RobertSchumann

JohannesBrahms

FannyMendelssohn

Hensel

ClaraSchumann

FredericChopin

FranzLiszt

FelixMendelssohn

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46. Chopin and Piano Music:The “Poet of the Piano”

• Frédéric François Chopin (1810–1849)

• French/Polish composer and pianist

• Career in Paris

• Close friends with leading composers, artists, poets, writers

– George Sand (Aurore Dudevant)

• Tuberculosis

• Early death at age 39

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Chopin’s Music

• Centered on the piano

• Smaller forms: nocturnes, preludes, impromptus, waltzes, mazurkas, études

• Larger forms: ballades, polonaises, fantasies, sonatas, piano concertos

Chopin: Fantasie Impromptu

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Chopin: Polonaise in A major, Op. 40. No. 1 (Military) (Listening Guide)

• Solo piano

• Ternary dance form

• A = martial theme, B = lyrical

• Use of traditional polonaise rhythm

• Employs rubato

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47. Clara Schumann: Pianist and Composer

• Clara Wieck Schumann (1819–1896)

• German pianist, composer, and interpreter

• First public concert at age nine• Wife of Robert Schumann and

lifelong friend of Johannes Brahms• Concertized after Robert’s death• Last public concert at age of 72

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Clara Schumann’s Music

• Songs, piano music, chamber music (including piano trio)

• Technically difficult and deeply introspective

• Piano concerto

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Clara Schumann: Nocturne, from Music for an Evening Entertainment, Op. 6 (Listening Guide)

• Solo piano

• From a set of 6 miniature character pieces

• Ternary form with coda

• Rich harmony

• Complex rhythmic structure

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48. Louis Gottschalk and Piano Music in America

• Louis Moreau Gottschalk (1829-1869)• Native of New Orleans• 1st internationally acclaimed U.S. composer

– Affinity for the Afro-Caribbean folk music

• Popular in the U.S., South America, & Caribbean• Died in Brazil 1869

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Gottschalk's Music

• Remembered today for his piano music

• Composed operas, orchestral works, American patriotic tunes

• Exploited all manner of dance and song forms

• Syncopated rhythms anticipate ragtime

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Gottschalk: The Banjo (Le banjo: Fantasie grotesque) (Listening Guide)

• Free form work for solo piano

• 2 main sections, each repeated

• Highly syncopated– Imitates strumming and picking of banjo

• Melody in coda suggests Camptown Races

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