General Information Flashcards
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Q
What is a prelude?
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A small piece of music that goes before a fugue in order to set the mood for it - chopin’s preludes are not followed by fugues however
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Q
Why is the prelude nicknamed ‘raindrop’?
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Chopin wrote it during a storm and the repeated Ab/G# represent raindrops
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Q
How many preludes did Chopin write?
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24 - one for every major/minor key
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Q
What period did Chopin write in?
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Romantic
