Frédéric Chopin's Waltz in E major is one of his lesser known
waltzes
The waltz ( ), meaning "to roll or revolve") is a ballroom and folk dance, normally in triple ( time), performed primarily in closed position.
History
There are many references to a sliding or gliding dance that would evolve into the wal ...
, discovered in his folder containing musical works that he did not want to be published.
It was written in 1829 and published in 1861. It was the second of Chopin's
posthumously published waltzes not to be given a
posthumous
Posthumous may refer to:
* Posthumous award - an award, prize or medal granted after the recipient's death
* Posthumous publication – material published after the author's death
* ''Posthumous'' (album), by Warne Marsh, 1987
* ''Posthumous'' ...
opus number
In musicology, the opus number is the "work number" that is assigned to a musical composition, or to a set of compositions, to indicate the chronological order of the composer's production. Opus numbers are used to distinguish among composit ...
. (The first was the
Waltz in E minor.) It appears in the
Chopin National Edition
), commonly referred to as the Chopin National Edition or the Polish National Edition, is an urtext edition of the complete works by Frédéric Chopin, aiming to present his output in its authentic form.
Started by Jan Ekier in 1959, the entirety ...
as WN 18, Brown's catalogue as B. 44, in
Kobylańska's catalogue as KK IVa/12, and in
Chomiński's as P1/12.
Form
7-part rondo form as follows:
A-B-A-C-A-B-A,
where the A's are each in E major, the B's are each in G-sharp minor, and the C is in A major.
External links
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Waltzes by Frédéric Chopin
1830 compositions
Compositions in E major
Compositions by Frédéric Chopin published posthumously