Rondo in C minor (Chopin)

The Rondo in C minor, Op. 1, for solo piano is Chopin's first published work, published in 1825,[1] and dedicated to "Madame de Linde", the wife of the headmaster of the Lyceum at which Chopin was studying.[2] The piece contains an "unorthodox (but entirely logical) tonal scheme".[1] The first phase begins in C minor, moving into E major, A♭ major, then back to C minor. The second phase moves to D♭ major, finishing in C minor for a final statement of the theme.[1]

Chopin premiered the work at a concert on 10 June 1825 in the auditorium of the Warsaw Conservatory. The performance gained a review in the Allgemeine musikalische Zeitung of Leipzig (probably written by Chopin's teacher Józef Elsner) praising its "wealth of musical ideas".[3]

Robert Schumann wrote to his teacher Friedrich Wieck of the Rondo in 1832:

> "Chopin's first work (I believe firmly that it is his 10th) is in my hands: a lady would say that it was very pretty, very piquant, almost Moschelesque. But I believe you will make Clara study it; for there is plenty of spirit in it and few difficulties. But I humbly venture to assert that there are between this composition and Op. 2 two years and twenty works."[4]

## References

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Notes

1. ^ a b c Cambridge Companion to Chopin p80, Jim Samson. Cambridge University Press, 1994. ISBN 0-521-47752-2 ISBN 9780521477529
2. ^ Walker (2018), p. 69
3. ^ Walker (2018), p. 84
4. ^ Frederick Niecks, "Chopin as a man as a musician" [1]

Sources

* Walker, Alan (2018). Fryderyk Chopin: A Life and Times. London: Faber ISBN 978-0-571-34855-8

## External links

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* Rondo Op. 1: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project

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Rondos by Frédéric Chopin

* Rondo in C minor, Op. 1
* Rondo à la mazur in F major, Op. 5
* Rondo in E♭ major, Op. 16
* Rondo in C major, Op. posth. 73 (versions for solo piano and two pianos)
* Rondo à la Krakowiak, Op. 14

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