Week 305 - Waltz in F minor, op 70,no 2 by Chopin

Описание: 2025.12.21
Week 305 - Waltz in F minor, op 70,no 2 by Chopin

The three Waltzes, Op. 70, were composed by Frédéric Chopin between 1829 and 1842 and were posthumously published by Julian Fontana in 1855, six years after the composer's death. Waltz No. 1 is in G-flat major, No. 2 in F minor and No. 3 in D-flat major. Each of the three waltzes lasts less than three minutes to perform in typical performances.

No.1: The Waltz Op. 70, No. 1, in G-flat major was composed in 1832. It is written in the "brilliant style". According to Jeffrey Kallberg, "the unpublished waltzes also capture the joyfulness and glitter of the dance hall and salon, as we can hear in the waltzes in E major, A-flat major [KK IVa/13] (Chopin's only waltz notated in three-eighth metre), and, especially, in G-flat major, Op. 70, No 1."

No.2: The waltz Op. 70, No. 2, in F minor was composed in 1842. In December 1842 in Paris, Chopin wrote to Anna Caroline Oury about Op. 70, No. 2: "As for the little waltz which I have had the pleasure of writing for you, I beg you, keep it for yourself: I should not like it to be made public." Chopin, however, dedicated manuscript copies of some of his waltzes to different women dedicatees: in the case of this F minor waltz, there are five different autograph manuscripts and four different women dedicatees.

No.3: Chopin composed the Waltz Op. 70, No. 3 in D-flat major in 1829 and sent it together with a accompanying letter of 3 October 1829 to his intimate friend Tytus Woyciechowski.