The Polka Italienne (Italian Polka) is an original composition for two pianos by Sergei Rachmaninov. It was composed in 1906 and published in his Suite No. 2.
Robert Schumann wrote his Arabesque in C major, Op. 18 in 1839 when he was 29 years old, dedicating it to Frau Majorin Friederike Serre auf Maxen, to whom he …
Chopin’s Prelude No. 7 is the shortest prelude from 24 Preludes, Op. 28, a set of short pieces for the piano, one in each of the twenty-four keys, originally published in 1839.
The Opry House was the fifth Mickey Mouse cartoon released by Walt Disney Productions and introduced Mickey’s gloves. You can listen some theme from Rachmaninov’s famous C-sharp minor prelude and Liszt’s 2nd rhapsody.
Chopin’s Ballade No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 23, composed in 1831 during the composer’s early years in Vienna, was a reflection about his loneliness in the city far away from his home in Poland.
Chopin’s Etude Op 10 No. 1 in C Major for solo piano was composed by Frédéric Chopin in 1829. It was first published in 1833 in France, Germany, and England as the first piece of his Études Op. 10.
Belle nuit, ô nuit d’amour (Beautiful night, oh night of love) often referred to as the Barcarolle is a piece opening Offenbach’s final opera third act set in Venice, The Tales of Hoffmann.
Chopin’s Nocturne No. 20 in C-sharp minor, Op. posth., was composed in 1830 and published in 1870. Chopin dedicated this work to his older sister, Ludwika Chopin, with the statement: “To my sister Ludwika as an exercise before beginning the study of my second Concerto”.
Etude No. 6 Op. 25 in G-Sharp Minor composed by Frédéric Chopin is a technical study focusing on thirds, trilling them at a high speed. At one point, both hands play a chromatic-third scale.
