Polonaises, Op. 26

Composer: CHOPIN, Frédéric
  • Two Polonaises written in 1835 and published in 1836 (the first of Chopin’s Polonaises to be published):
    1. Allegro appassionato (C-sharp minor)
    2. Maestoso (E-flat minor)
  • Dedicated to Austrian composer and friend Joseph Dessauer1
  • Both works of Op. 26 are melancholy. Perhaps Chopin was longing to return to his homeland after the past few years of political exile.2
  • Fun fact – Chopin’s earliest known work was a Polonaise, written at the age of seven.3

Sources

  1. “Polonaises, Op.26 (Chopin, Frédéric),” IMSLP, accessed July 3, 2023, https://imslp.org/wiki/Polonaises,Op.26(Chopin,_Fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9ric).
  2. Joseph DuBose, “Polonaise in C sharp minor, Op. 26 No. 1,” Classical Connect (2012), accessed July 3, 2023, https://www.classicalconnect.com/music/6692.
  3. “Preface,” G. Henle Verlag, accessed July 3, 2023, https://www.henle.de/en/detail/?Title=Polonaisen_9217.

Cut IDs

18576 41370 48350 42956 18577 48351