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The three Waltzes, Op. 70, were composed by Frédéric Chopin from 1829 to 1832 and were posthumously published in 1855, six years after the composer’s death. These waltzes are among several unpublished works that the composer hoped would be burnt upon his death.

Opening bars of Op. 70 No. 2

Performer:Kyristian Zimerman.Another sublime interpretation.

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Waltz in A-flat major, Op. 69, No. 1, is a waltz composed by Frédéric Chopin. It is also called The Farewell Waltz or Valse de l'adieu.

Opening bars of Op. 69 No.1

The waltz was originally written as a farewell piece to Maria Wodzińska, to whom Chopin was once engaged. This autographed copy Pour Mlle Marie, given to her in Dresden, Germany, in September 1835, is now in the National Library (Biblioteka Narodowa) of Poland in Warsaw. Another autographed version of the piece can be found at the Conservatoire de Paris, but is considered to be a less refined version. A third is presented as the posthumous edition of Julian Fontana, but has not been substantiated by any known autograph.

Performer:Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli.Flawless dynamics and technique.

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question time!

Do you have a name for your piano, and if so, what is it and why? (Mine's called Albert, after Albert Einstein. :D)

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F. Chopin, autograph manuscript quotation of the Étude op.25 no.1, 1844.

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the steinway hall in dallas, texas; mid-1960s

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mozart’s piano in vienna, 2012