Alleged TITLES of Chopin's Preludes

[jhon]

These are two set of titles for Chopin's 24 Preludes, Op.28.  NOT that I agree with such hasty labels (as Chopin did not create it) but they still seem to "fit" with the nature of each prelude, musically speaking.

These are two sets of titles.  The first is given by Von Bulow; the second, I don't know - anyone who knows?  Anyway, the first set is more commonly used.

SET 1

No.1 Reunion
No.2 Presentiment of Death
No.3 Thou Art so Like a Flower
No.4 Suffocation
No.5 Uncertainty
No.6 Tolling Bells
No.7 The Polish Dance
No.8 Desperation
No.9 Vision
No.10 The Night Moth
No.11 Dragon Fly
No.12 Duel
No.13 Loss
No.14 Fear
No.15 Raindrop
No.16 Hades
No.17 A Scene on the Place de Notre Dame de Paris
No.18 Suicide
No.19 Heartfelt Happiness
No.20 Funeral March
No.21 Sunday
No.22 Impatience
No.23 A Pleasure Boat
No.24 The Storm

SET 2:

1. Feverish Yearning for the Beloved
2. Sorrowful Meditation: The Sea Deserted and Afar
3. The Brooklet's Song
4. On a Tomb
5. The Tree Full of Songs
6. Homesick
7. Delightful Remembrances Float Like Like a Perfume Across the ...
8. Snow Falls, The Wind Howls, The Tempest Rages; But in My Sad Heart...
9. Prophetic Voices
10. Rockets Which Fall Back to Earth
11. Young Girl's Desire
12. Night Ride
13. In a Strange Land, Under a Starry Sky, Thinking of the Beloved Afar
14. Stormy Sea
15. But Death is There, In the Shadow...
16. Journey into the Abyss
17. She Said to Me 'I Love You'
18. Curses
19. Wings, to Fly to You My Dearest!
20. Obsequies
21. Solitary Return to the Place of Avowal
22. Revolt
23. Naiad's Playing
24. Of Blood, Pleasure and Death

It seems there is a greater sonority in the titles in the 2nd set.

[kghayesh]

I know the first set. They are written as that at https://www.classicalarchives.com/chopin.html

I don't know whether they are widely used or not, but i don't think so. Only the Raindrop (no.15) has its name and is known by it.

But, they totally fit the music and they give it another beautiful dimension that makes any listener to them feel the music much more

[Nightscape]

Please.... those titles do not convey the real meaning of the music.  Allow me to create a more appropriate list of titles.

1. Sensations of Hunger after an Afternoon of Boating
2. Wandering the deserts of Africa with no food or water
3. Merry tune on the arrival of a famed magician
4. Contemplation on the murder of a loved one
5. Strolling through the English countryside, Whilst sipping Brandy
6. Restless young church boys, playing pranks on the Elderly Mrs. Kratchet
7. A Magical Sensation of Pleasure that Runs through my Heart like a sea  of Flames
8. Buried alive, searching without end for a book of Matches
9. Scolding the local Watchman for falling asleep and accidently sitting on the Family Dog
10.  The Arrival of Merlus, the Great Merrymaker who gidens from above with happy glee
11.  Temptations of a Scarlet Vixen on the Street Corner during a Foggy Night
12.  Hark!  For a Great Wind doth stirruth!
13.  A Merry Trinket, without so much as a thought smashed to Bits
14.  Primal Urges to Commit the Shameful sin of Adultry
15.  As If The Moon Doth Whisper in Mine Very Ears
16.  A Great Black Plague Doth Descendeth Upon The Merry Corn Fields
17.  Giddy Feelings Upon Thinking About The Schoolmaster's Daughter
18.  A Vile Witch, With Great Warts the Size of the German State
19.  Look East!  For a Happy Wind of Blessing is Coming!
20.  A Shameful Display of Weeping, Upon The Tomb of A Beloved Uncle
21.  Meditation, Upon the Great And Magical Teachings of the Mystic Gregory
22.  The Profound Sufferings of a Peach
23.  Joyful Lovemaking Under a Moon of Flames!
24.  A Great Apocalypse, that Will Soon Wither the World

[Rach3]

Nightscape - those are hilarious!

[i_m_robot]

Please.... those titles do not convey the real meaning of the music.  Allow me to create a more appropriate list of titles.


16.  A Great Black Plague Doth Descendeth Upon The Merry Corn Fields
17.  Giddy Feelings Upon Thinking About The Schoolmaster's Daughter
18.  A Vile Witch, With Great Warts the Size of the German State
19.  Look East!  For a Happy Wind of Blessing is Coming!
20.  A Shameful Display of Weeping, Upon The Tomb of A Beloved Uncle
21.  Meditation, Upon the Great And Magical Teachings of the Mystic Gregory
22.  The Profound Sufferings of a Peach
23.  Joyful Lovemaking Under a Moon of Flames!
24.  A Great Apocalypse, that Will Soon Wither the World

what ave ye been smokin

[pianote]

i've never heard of a peach suffering profoundly... guess there's a first for everythin lol