This composer's opus 60 popularized the singing form of Venetian gondoliers, the barcarolle.
This composer's opus 60 popularized the singing form of Venetian gondoliers, the barcarolle. Arthur Rubinstein described hearing a "night wind sweeping over gravestones" in this composer's Sonata in B-Flat Minor, which includes a famous funeral march in its third section. He brought a freer sense of flow to 21 works in a form developed by John Field, the nocturne. He also wrote 24 short pieces for piano, one in every key, his Preludes. Also known for his mazurkas and polonaises was, FTP, what lover of Georges Sand, a pianist from Poland?
This composer's opus 60 popularized the singing form of Venetian gondoliers, the barcarolle.
Frederic Chopin