History of Chopin Scherzo No. 4?

[patteeheeadidas]

Do you know of any background information or inspiration of this piece? All I know at the moment is that it was his last scherzo. 

[slobone]

Well, it's opus 54, not Opus Posthumus, so we know it's not one of those pieces he wrote after he was dead...

[slobone]

Oh, OK. Apparently he wrote it about 1843. Here's a facsimile of one of the first published editions.

http://chopin.lib.uchicago.edu/gsdl/cgi-bin/library?a=d&c=chopin&d=CHOP143.1

And it sounds like the only one of that four that's actually jokey in parts. At least as performed by Ivo Pogorelich...

PS Except I have a feeling those trills in thirds are no joke...

[allthumbs]

Well, it's opus 54, not Opus Posthumus, so we know it's not one of those pieces he wrote after he was dead...

It's amazing Chopin was able to compose the Op.posth. at all considering medical science wasn't as advanced as it is today.

Did you know that Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones has been dead for five years and he's is still performing!

Cheers


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