Rondo à la Krakowiak (Chopin)

Frédéric Chopin's Rondo à la Krakowiak in F major, Op. 14 is a composition for piano and orchestra. It was written in 1828 and dedicated to Princess Anna Zofia Sapieha, whose mother, Izabela Czartoryska, was influential in shaping the burgeoning Romantic aesthetic in Poland, particularly through the Temple of [Polish] Memory in Puławy. The piece begins with a soft, pentatonic section in 3/4 time, which introduces the lively syncopated krakowiak in its typical 2/4 meter.

The Rondo à la Krakowiak was written in Warsaw in 1828 under the guidance of Józef Elsner. It has received a number of recordings but still remains less known than most of Chopin's other works.

Chopin quotes Niccolò Paganini's Caprice No. 24 during this work, and includes a variation on the quotation.

External links

Rondo à la Krakowiak (Chopin): Scores at the International Music Score Library Project

Concertante works by Frédéric Chopin

Variations on "Là ci darem la mano" in B-flat major, Op. 2 Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor, Op. 11 Fantasy on Polish Airs, Op. 13 Rondo à la Krakowiak, Op. 14 Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor, Op. 21 Andante spianato et grande polonaise brillante in E-flat, Op. 22 Piano Concerto No. 3 in A major (fragmentary)

Études Mazurkas Nocturnes Polonaises Waltzes List of compositions by Frédéric Chopin by genre List of compositions by Frédéric Chopin by opus number

Rondos by Frédéric Chopin

Rondo in C minor, Op. 1 Rondo à la mazur in F major, Op. 5 Rondo in E-flat major, Op. 16 Rondo in C major, Op. posth. 73 (versions for solo piano and two pianos) Rondo à la Krakowiak, Op. 14

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