Composer: Frederic Chopin (1810-1849)
Chopin was a Polish composer of the Romantic period. He was a virtuoso pianist and a music teacher and is often called "the poet of the piano." Most of Chopin’s compositions are for solo piano. This fantasie was composed in 1834. As a musical form, the "fantasia" or "fantasie" had its roots in improvisation, and during the Romantic period was characterized by alternating sections of rapid passagework and slower, more melodic passages. This piece uses many cross rhythms with the right hand playing 4 notes while the left hand plays three. The melody heard in the middle section of the piece became a famous 1917 Broadway show song entitled "I’m Always Chasing Rainbows". That melody is heard again in the final measures of a fantasy-like ending.
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Recorded 11-11-2011 (6:00)
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