Polonaises

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Polonaises are a celebrated set of piano compositions by Frédéric Chopin that transform the traditional Polish dance into powerful, virtuosic concert works.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Polonaise 2
Polonaise de concert 1
Polonaises canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf musical work ⓘ
set of piano compositions ⓘ
associatedWith 19th-century piano repertoire ⓘ
Polish nationalism ⓘ
Romantic era ⓘ
basedOn traditional Polish dance ⓘ
composer Frédéric Chopin ⓘ
containsWork Polonaise in A major, Op. 40 No. 1 ⓘ
Polonaise in A-flat major, Op. 53 ⓘ
Polonaise in A-flat major, Op. 61 ⓘ
Polonaise in A-flat major, Op. posth. B.155 ⓘ
Polonaise in A-flat major, Op. posth. B.5 ⓘ
Polonaise in B-flat major, Op. posth. B.3 ⓘ
Polonaise in B-flat minor, Op. 71 No. 2 ⓘ
Polonaise in B-flat minor, Op. posth. B.13 ⓘ
Polonaise in C minor, Op. 40 No. 2 ⓘ
Polonaise in C-sharp minor, Op. 26 No. 1 ⓘ
Polonaise in D minor, Op. 71 No. 1 ⓘ
Polonaise in E-flat minor, Op. 26 No. 2 ⓘ
Polonaise in F minor, Op. 71 No. 3 ⓘ
Polonaise in F-sharp minor, Op. 44 ⓘ
Polonaise in G minor, Op. posth. B.1 ⓘ
Polonaise in G minor, Op. posth. B.2 ⓘ
Polonaise in G-flat major, Op. posth. B.36 ⓘ
Polonaise in G-flat major, Op. posth. B.6 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Poland ⓘ
createdBy Frédéric Chopin ⓘ
genre polonaise ⓘ
historicalPeriod Romantic period ⓘ
influenced later piano polonaises by other composers ⓘ
instrumentation solo piano ⓘ
keyCharacteristic use of bold harmonic progressions ⓘ
use of wide dynamic contrasts ⓘ
languageOfTitle French ⓘ
meter triple meter ⓘ
movementType dance-inspired ⓘ
notableCharacteristic heroic character ⓘ
powerful concert style ⓘ
virtuosic ⓘ
notableWork Polonaise in A major, Op. 40 No. 1 "Military" ⓘ
Polonaise in A-flat major, Op. 53 "Heroic" ⓘ
performanceContext concert repertoire ⓘ
recital repertoire ⓘ
publisher various 19th-century European publishers ⓘ
rhythmicFeature characteristic polonaise rhythm ⓘ
tempoIndication typically Allegro maestoso ⓘ
typicalTexture brilliant figurations ⓘ
chordal writing ⓘ
octave passages ⓘ

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Frédéric Chopin → notableWork → Polonaises ⓘ
Karol Lipiński → notableWork → Polonaise de concert ⓘ
linked to: Polonaises
Private Collection → hasPart → Polonaise ⓘ
linked to: Polonaises
Private Collection → hasPart → Polonaise ⓘ
subject linked to: Private Collection (album)
linked to: Polonaises