Chopin Frederic - Ballade in G minor Op 23 Piano Solo *Astute Music Transforming the violin part into

Transforming the violin part into a flute part is quite astounding and was handled so freely and ingeniously in a variety of aspects that we can only assume that the composer himself could dare to come up with the solutions in question

offering a beautiful transcription for full flute choir which may also be performed as a flute quartet

grade-appropriate scales and arpeggios linked to the repertoire through bespoke text and exercises

The poem is not so much a story of Pan but rather an inner monologue which sways between dream and reality

Chopin Frederic - Ballade in G minor Op 23 Piano Solo *Astute Music Transforming the violin part intoWhen Chopin gave his Opus 23 the title Ballade in the mid 1830s, he established the piano ballade as a new musical genre which was subsequently taken up by others, including Brahms, Liszt and Grieg. The idea of transforming a fictional, dramatic and mystical event into music particularly suggested itself to the Romantic Schumann. He was enthusiastic about this work: I have a new Ballade by Chopin. It seems to me to be one of his most brilliant (not