There is a poignant moment around five and a half minutes where the “raindrop” sound stops.Can you think of something else for this sound other than rain?.Typically there is an association with the repeated notes with the dripping sound of rain.Why do you think this song is called the “Raindrop” Prelude? Do you ever hear the raindrop sound stop?.Try to sing back the melody after the piece is over.
CHOPIN OP 28 NO 15 ARCHIVE
This piece highlights why Chopin’s music still lives on 200 years later because his archive of compositions were so beautifully written that it makes you wonder why modern society isn’t living up to the standard of Chopin, Rachmaninoff, Mozart or Beethoven? Every single piece of Frédéric Chopin’s work leaves you weak at the knees. Chopin provides the listener with gentle piano playing as well as thundering crescendos.
Even though the prelude may not be an introductory piece, it definitely is six minutes of bliss where Chopin mimics the effect of rain falling even though he despised the name of the prelude being called Raindrop. The Raindrop Prelude highlights why Frédéric Chopin was often referred to as the poet of the piano. The way the repeated A♭quavers act as raindrops are phenomenal because Chopin actually does place the listener in a location where it’s raining. Perfect cadences sound final which are normally used at the end of compositions. A perfect cadence uses chord V (the dominant, in this case A♭) followed by chord I (the tonic, in this case D♭). This section is much shorter than the opening A section. The prelude ends very quietly with a perfect cadence. Section B provides a lovely contrast from A. The second section A now returns back to D♭major. With the change in key the prelude is a lot more dramatic and darker. The key signature now changes in section B from D♭major to C # minor. Section A ends on the dominant chord, A♭. They sound as though they want to carry on to complete the music properly. Section A ends with an imperfect cadence which means that the section sounds unfinished. Section A highlights how effortlessly Chopin composed his music as well as being able to play it with all the soul in the world. A♭is the dominant of D♭major so therefore it makes it a dominant pedal. The term pedal means that the A♭quavers are complementing changing harmonies. In the introduction you are able to understand why this piece is called The Raindrop Prelude, it’s because in the opening bars there are the repeated A♭quavers acting as a pedal throughout the song. The prelude has 4/4 time signature which can be often marked as “C” to stand for common time. Section B on the other hand contrasts from both sections A. The first section A can be the same as the other section A or it can be similar. In music, the ternary structure consists of three sections, ABA. Like many preludes in the Romantic period, this piece’s song structure has characteristics of a ternary structure. In music, the prelude is often a introductory piece but not in this case as this composition is free-standing and self-contained.
In his time, Chopin wrote 24 preludes which consisted of 12 major preludes and 12 minor preludes. This is one of Chopin’s most famous pieces which highlights why he was considered to be one of the very best composers of Romantic music. This piece is referred to as The Raindrop Prelude because of the persistent repeated notes which sound like rain falling. The name Raindrop Prelude comes from Chopin’s lover, the French novelist Amantine Dupin, best known by her pseudonym George Sand. 15 is also known as The Raindrop Prelude.
Frédéric Chopin’s Prelude In D♭ Major Op.
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