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HOROWITZ AT THE WHITE HOUSE (Feb. 26 1978)Pt.8/10Chopin Polonaise "Heroic" in A flat Op.53You can download whole video here.http://www.megaupload.com/?d=9B98K1F3
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Chopin Polonaise "Heroic" -
My reason for choosing this video is because Heroic Polonaise was composed by Frederic Chopin composed in the year 1842, during Queen Victoria's reign, and designed as a piece for a solo pianist. It's composition was one of his masterpieces, and is by far one of his most popular compositions. In as far as considering Victorian Cool, this composition is still played as a current favorite of the classical pianoforte repertoire. Like any exceptionally gifted composer, anyone who played this piece then, and today, must obviously have exceptional pianistic skills.
Although the piece is labeled as a polonaise, it has little to do with the typical polonaise style. It has been said that Chopin had composed the piece having a free and powerful Poland in mind, which may have lead him to label it as a Polonaise. Another possibility is that the Heroic Polonaise is closely related to his Polonaise in A major, Op. 40, No. 1, also known as the Military Polonaise. The introduction section of the Heroic is obviously inspired by the Military, which, unlike the Heroic, was a true polonaise.
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