Funeral March (Marche Funèbre) from Piano Sonata Op. 35
Piano Solo
by Frederic Chopin
Piano Solo - Sheet Music

Piano (Piano solo) - SMP Level 10 (Advanced)

SKU: HL.51480366

Piano Solo. Composed by Frederic Chopin. Edited by Ewald Zimmermann. Sheet Music. Paperbound. Henle Music Folios. Pages: 4. Classical. Softcover. 4 pages. G. Henle #HN366. Published by G. Henle (HL.51480366).

ISBN 9790201803661. UPC: 884088175603. 9.25x12.25x0.032 inches.

This most famous funeral march in music history is part of a piano sonata, the third movement of Chopin's op. 35 Sonata in B flat minor, in which – according to Robert Schumann – Chopin “brought together four of his most deranged children.” It was not long until the Funeral March – which was written two years before the sonata's other movements of the sonata – was removed from this context and performed as an independent piece. This is also how it was heard, in an orchestral version, at Chopin's own funeral in Paris on 30 October 1849. In addition to our edition of the complete op. 35 Piano Sonata (HN 289), we are offering this practical separate issueof the Funeral March in the proven Henle Urtext format.

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About SMP Level 10 (Advanced)

Very advanced level, very difficult note reading, frequent time signature changes, virtuosic level technical facility needed.