Fantaisie-Impromptu

Frédéric Chopin's Fantaisie-Impromptu in C♯ minor is a solo piano composition. It is one of his best-known pieces. It was composed in 1834. Chopin did not want the work to be published. Even so, it was published by Julian Fontana.

The structure of the piece is in A B A Coda form. Some aspects of this piece are similar to Beethoven's "Moonlight" Sonata. The opening tempo is allegro agitato. It changes to largo for the two bars after the 'A' section. The tempo for most of the 'B' section is moderato cantabile. Finally, after the 'B' section, it changes to presto. The piece on a C-sharp major rolled chord.

 References 


 Other websites 
 Video of a performance of the piece, by Yundi Li
Video of Valentina Igoshina playing the Fantaisie-Impromptu
 Recording of Fantaisie-Impromptu performed by the pianist Alberto Cobo, MP3 format
 Free score by the Mutopia Project
 Free score via icking-music-archive.org

Category:Solo piano pieces
Category:Compositions by Frédéric Chopin
Category:Compositions in C-sharp minor
Category:Compositions published posthumously
Category:1830s compositions