He used the keys of B minor, B-flat minor, C-sharp minor, and E major for his four (*) scherzi.
The third-to-last measure of one of this composer's works has the right hand play an ascending scale in sixths in septuplets, against the left hand's D-flat major arpeggios in sextuplets. Another of his pieces was completely ripped off by Brahms's Opus 4, and begins in a quiet, tentative B-flat minor, but ends in a brilliant, loud D-flat major. Alfred Cortot is best-known for his recordings of this composer's music. He used the keys of B minor, B-flat minor, C-sharp minor, and E major for his four (*) scherzi. Late in life, he wrote a D-flat major Berceuse and an F-sharp major Barcarolle. He extended John Field's style in his nocturnes, wrote the first ballades for solo piano, and wrote a set of 24 preludes with nicknames like "Raindrop." For 10 points, name this Polish Romantic composer of the "Minute" Waltz.
The third-to-last measure of one of this composer's works has the right hand play an ascending scale in sixths in septuplets, against the left hand's D-flat major arpeggios in sextuplets.
Frederic Chopin