Elegie, Op.4
Op. 4
Ignace Jan Paderewski 1860–1941
Op. 4
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Themes & character
Early lyrical work·Mournful character·Salon idiom·Published 1880s
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- Op. 4
About the piece
An early work from Paderewski's twenties, before the international touring career that made him the most famous pianist in the world and, later, a statesman.
It belongs to the nineteenth century salon tradition of the elegy, a short mournful character piece with a singing melodic line, and shows the young composer working confidently in an idiom shaped above all by Chopin.
The composer
Ignace Jan Paderewski
1860–1941
Ignacy Jan Paderewski was a Polish pianist, composer, philanthropist, and statesman. As a politician and diplomat, Paderewski was vital to securing international recognition of the newly formed Second Polish Republic in 1919. A musical virtuoso, he rose to prominence as a musician and composer in the late 1880s and toured widely in Europe and the United States. He wrote orchestral, instrumental, and vocal works and an opera, Manru, which remains the only opera by a Polish composer performed by the Metropolitan Opera.
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