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Topic: Beethoven´s idea in ballade in g minor by Chopin  (Read 2542 times)

Offline presto agitato

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Beethoven´s idea in ballade in g minor by Chopin
on: January 19, 2009, 03:54:44 PM
This is a very interesting video:




What do you think?

As far as i know Chopin wasnt too influenced by Beethoven´s music although he loved  his sonata num 12 in A flat.
The masterpiece tell the performer what to do, and not the performer telling the piece what it should be like, or the cocomposer what he ought to have composed.

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Re: Beethoven´s idea in ballade in g minor by Chopin
Reply #1 on: January 19, 2009, 04:14:47 PM
I play both of those and never really noticed that before.  Cool.  8)


There is also the FI / Moonlight Mvt3 run. 

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Re: Beethoven´s idea in ballade in g minor by Chopin
Reply #2 on: January 20, 2009, 01:20:09 AM
chopin etude 10/4 and the alkan recording is almost identical, i couldnt tell which one was which until the very ending. lol

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Re: Beethoven´s idea in ballade in g minor by Chopin
Reply #3 on: January 20, 2009, 04:36:07 AM
Hmm interesting
the metranome is my enemy

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Re: Beethoven´s idea in ballade in g minor by Chopin
Reply #4 on: January 20, 2009, 02:04:43 PM
The video is no longer available on YouTube... could someone please describe what the director's idea was?

Many thanks,
ML

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Re: Beethoven´s idea in ballade in g minor by Chopin
Reply #5 on: January 20, 2009, 03:20:18 PM
Beethoven Appassionata Mvt 3, bar 76 and similiar / Chopin Ballade #1 coda, bar 216 and similar

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Re: Beethoven´s idea in ballade in g minor by Chopin
Reply #6 on: January 20, 2009, 03:44:34 PM
Beethoven Appassionata Mvt 3, bar 76 and similiar / Chopin Ballade #1 coda, bar 216 and similar



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