Don't you love those revolutionary etudes?

[kaiwin]

Wow... I listen to it over and over again, nationalistic feeling...
Most nationalistic music ever...

Makes me more nationalistic on my taiwanese heritage. 

[jre58591]

when you say "revolutionary etudes", do you mean multiple recordings of chopin's famous etude? or are you referring to other etudes that seem to have a revolutionary feeling to them?

[kaiwin]

Chopin's etudes:
Op. 10 No. 12
and Op. 24 No. 12

[jas]

Chopin's etudes:
Op. 10 No. 12
and Op. 24 No. 12

I take it you mean op.25? 25/12 is nicknamed the Ocean etude (not by Chopin, though). If you just mean it's revolutionary, that could probably be said for the set as a whole.

[monsieurrenard]

Wow... I listen to it over and over again, nationalistic feeling...
Most nationalistic music ever...

Makes me more nationalistic on my taiwanese heritage. 

^_^, I wouldn't be surprised if Chopin didn't know there was such a thing as Taiwan. (I am half Taiwanese myself, my other half is European)

-Monsieur le Renard

[gymnopedist]

I take it you mean op.25? 25/12 is nicknamed the Ocean etude (not by Chopin, though). If you just mean it's revolutionary, that could probably be said for the set as a whole.

Chopin composed both 10/12 and 25/12 after hearing about the revolution in Warsaw...

[kriskicksass]

Chopin composed both 10/12 and 25/12 after hearing about the revolution in Warsaw...

Or so the story goes...

[jas]

Or so the story goes...

Yep, I'm slightly sceptical of the claim that they're related.

[thierry13]

Chopin composed both 10/12 and 25/12 after hearing about the revolution in Warsaw...

Only op.10 no.12 ... not op.25 no.12 ... The revolutionary was written while he was travelling with his wife, he was sick, and began improvising it while he was sick. The op.25 no.12 came later.