Chopin 12 Études Op. 25

CLASSICAL MUSIC / Etudes


The Études by Frédéric Chopin are three sets of solo studies for the piano published during the 1830s. There are twenty-seven compositions overall, comprising two separate collections of twelve, numbered Opus 10 an and 25, and a set of three without opus number.

Étude Op. 25, No. 12 in C minor is the last of the composer's formal studies for the piano, opus 25, dedicated to his mistress, the French novelist George Sand (Amantine Lucile Aurore Dupin). It was first published in 1837 in French, German, and English. This work is a series of rising and falling arpeggios in various chord progressions from C minor. Its opening bars recall the chord structure of the opening bars of the second prelude of the first book of J.S. Bach's  The Well-Tempered Clavier. 

Chopin's 12 Études Op. 25, performed by Daniil Trifonov at Arthur Rubinstein Piano Master Competition, May 2011 in Tel Aviv.  (Please watch in Youtube - Here. 



Said to be Chopin's last words:  

"Now is my final agony. No more."  Chopin's final words, as he listened to Mozart's Requiem.

Video Credit:

Frédéric Chopin - 12 Études, Op. 25 (Trifonov). YouTube, uploaded by pergrin tuk. Accessed July 1, 2016. 

Resources:

Étude Op. 25, No. 12 (Chopin). en.wikipedia.org. Accessed July 1, 2016.

Études (Chopin).  en.wikipedia.org. Accessed July 1, 2016. 

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