Berceuse (Chopin)

For other works named Berceuse and further explanation, see Berceuse.

Frédéric Chopin's Berceuse Op. 57 (1843–44)^[1] is a lullaby to be played on piano. It consists of variations in D-flat major. At first the composer titled the work Variations, but the title was altered for publication to the current Berceuse.

It was first published by J. Meissonnier of Paris in 1844 and dedicated to Elise Gavard (1824–1900).^[2]

Structure

The music begins and ends in 6/8 time. 'Berceuse' literally means "cradle song".

	Op. 57: Berceuse, D- flat major performed by Veronica van der Knaap
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References

↑ Grove on Line
↑ "The Fryderyk Chopin Institute: Compositions: Berceuse". Retrieved 12 August 2013.
(For the story of Elise Gavard, see the German Wikipedia.)

External links

Analysis of Berceuse Op.57 at Chopin: the poet of the piano
Berceuse: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project

Miscellaneous extant works by Frédéric Chopin

With opus numbers Variations brillantes in B-flat major on "Je vends des scapulaires" from Hérold's Ludovic, Op. 12 Boléro, Op. 19 Tarantelle in A-flat major, Op. 43 Allegro de concert, Op. 46 Fantaisie in F minor, Op. 49 Berceuse in D-flat major, Op. 57 Barcarolle in F-sharp major, Op. 60 Marche funèbre in C minor, Op. posth. 72/2 Three Écossaises, Op. posth. 72/3 17 Polish songs, Op. posth. 74 Without opus numbers Album Leaf (Moderato) in E major, B. 151 Andantino in G minor (arr. of the piano part of the song Wiosna), B. 117 2 Bourrées, B. 160b Canon in F minor, B. 129a Cantabile in B-flat major, B. 84 Contredanse in G-flat major (doubtful), B. 17 Fugue in A minor, B. 144 3 Fugues; arr. from Cherubini's Cours de contrepoint et de fugue, KK. VIIa/2 Galopp in A-flat (Galop Marquis), P. 2/13 Introduction, Theme and Variations in D on a Venetian air, for piano 4-hands, KK. IVa/6 Klavierstück in B-flat (1834), P. 2/6 Klavierstück in E-flat (1837), P. 2/5 Klavierstück in E-flat (1840), P. 2/10 Largo in E-flat, B. 109 2 Polish songs, B. 51, 132 Variations in A, Souvenir de Paganini, B. 37 Variation in E for Hexameron, B. 113 Variations in E for flute and piano on "Non più mesta" from Rossini's La Cenerentola, B.9, KK. Anh. Ia/5 Variations in E major on the air "Der Schweizerbub", a.k.a. Introduction et Variations sur un Lied allemand, B. 14

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