#Chopin raindrop used in movie movie
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#Chopin raindrop used in movie movie

#18 - 'Suicide' - Unless the protagonist beats himself up with his alter ego (like in the movie Fight Club) before he dies, I don't see that this fits. #17 'A Scene on the Place do Notre-Dame de Paris' - Perhaps BÃ¼low had heard from Dubois how Chopin envisioned the chimes of an old clock in a castle at the end? I like the dramatic feel of the title, even though I would never have thought of the poor hunchback! Sand and Liszt attach that story to #6 in B minor, which I think fits perfectly.

#15 'Raindrop' - Chopin wrote the Polish word for 'rainy' on this one, but that does not automatically make it the piece where Chopin said he imagined himself dead at the bottom of a lake, with raindrops steadily falling on the water. I sense love's contentment, then the sadness of separation, then the contentment of being reunited again. #13 'Loss' - Too much focus on the middle section for me. #9 'Vision' - Too vague for me! I sense an intense depth of feeling and a formality too, perhaps like a procession or coronation or similar. As a nod to Fast zu ernst from Schumann's Kinderszenen pieces published in the same year, I'll nickname it Fast zu freudig (Almost joyful). #5 'Uncertainty' - There are moments of uncertainty in this otherwise happy, almost-jazzy piece, but I wouldn't make them the title. #3 'Thou Art So Like a Flower' - Why so delicate and sentimental a title? I'd go with simply Serenity. Quite a few I think are appropriate, whereas others: I find BÃ¼low's titles more of a mixed bag. I think he also called #10 Shooting Stars. Some unknown person devoted an internet site to his own personal list:Į-flat 19 Excelsior C 20 Sorrow of a NationĬortot's titles and descriptions mostly match my views of the pieces, and I find his words about #8, #16 and #19 quite inspired.

#Chopin raindrop used in movie plus

) The next prelude, which Chopin marked molto agitato, becomes: â€œLa neige tombe, le vent hurle, la tempÃªte fait rage mais en mon triste coeur, lâ€™orage est plus terrible encore.â€ (The snow falls, the wind howls, the tempest is wild but in my sad heart the storm is even more terrible.) In #19 he asks for â€œDes ailes, des ailes, pour mâ€™enfuir vers vous, Ã´ ma bien-aimÃ©e!â€ (Wings, wings, to fly to you, O my beloved!) He can be blunt, too. â€ (Delicious recollections drift like a perfume across the memory. Tiny #7 records, apparently, â€œDes souvenirs dÃ©licieux flottent comme un parfum Ã travers la mÃ©moire. In a genuinely humble spirit, Cortot left a list of his private names for the Preludes. His editions of Chopinâ€™s works provide technical exercises and advice, offer interpretive suggestions, and even contain wisdom applicable to life off the piano bench. Cortot was a remarkable Chopin interpreter and, if possible, an even more remarkable teacher of Chopinâ€™s music. Take, for example, the case of Alfred Cortot. For without his explicit suggestion that we think a particular thing, we can think anything. 'In Chopinâ€™s atmospheric abstractions might lie another reason for our feelings of intimacy with him. I couldn't find a list of all 24 posted together. Some of Cortot's amazing if hyperbolic descriptions. I'm certainly aware that some think this way and it's a perfectly reasonable thought.Ģ.A minor - Lento (Presentiment of Death)ģ.G major - Vivace (Thou Art So Like a Flower)ħ.A major - Andantino (The Polish Dancer)Ĩ.F-sharp minor - Molto agitato (Desperation)ġ0.C-sharp minor - Molto allegro (The Night Moth)ġ6.B-flat minor - Presto con fuoco (Hades)ġ7.A-flat major - Allegretto (A Scene on the Place do Notre-Dame de Paris)ġ9.E-flat major - Vivace (Heartfelt Happiness)Ģ0.C minor - Largo â€“ C minor (Funeral March)Ģ3.F major - Moderato â€“ F major (A Pleasure Boat)Ģ4.D minor - Allegro appassionato (The Storm) Please do not use this thread to discuss why you think that giving any title to any Prelude is silly. Which specific titles do you find interesting, accurate, poor, etc? I'm interested in your comments on these lists. Of course, none of these are names given by Chopin, but von Bulow and Cortot were incredibly important pianists and I think these titles are interesting. While looking at some Sergio Tiempo videos, I saw that all the Chopin Preludes have been giveen names by various people.