THE CONCEPTION OF THE MUSICAL FORM OF FRYDERYK CHOPIN’S PRELUDES OP. 28 - Dedicated to Fryderyk Chopin’s 200ᵗʰ Birth Anniversary -
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Babeș-Bolyai University / Cluj University Press
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Fryderyk Chopin’s preludes are a set of piano miniatures. The term prelude is used in an unconventional sense. These pieces do not serve as introductions; they are freestanding works.
Chopin’s Op. 28 preludes have been compared to J. S. Bach’s preludes in the Wohltemperiertes Clavier, although they have been following a unique structure. While Bach’s pieces are arranged in ascending chromatic order, Chopin’s preludes are arranged in a circle of fifth.
Let us evoke the brief characterisation of Hugo Leichtentritt regarding these beautiful and important compositions: “The variety of moods and impressions contained in the Preludes Op. 28 is without equal in the whole of world music literature”.