Description
Dating from 1830, this A major variation set is one of Chopin's works without an opus number. A bright theme is presented and then developed through increasingly ornamented figuration, in a style typical of the accessible salon music of the era. It offers a useful window into Chopin's early compositional approach, in a relatively small-scale form that keeps the theme's outline recognizable beneath its added ornamentation.
Works written in theme-and-variations form, where a single melody is transformed in many different ways.
About the Composer
Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849)
Frederic Chopin was born in Poland and made his career in Paris, remaining unusual among great composers for writing almost exclusively for piano. He poured his longing for his homeland into mazurkas and polonaises, while his ballades and etudes combine poetic melody with harmonic innovation. This site includes 131 of his works, including the "Revolutionary" Etude, Op. 10, No. 12, and Ballades No. 1 and No. 4.
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