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Marche Funebre by Chopin for Wind Quintet
Funeral March from Piano Sonata No.2 Op.35
Chopin, FREDERIC /arr. Hugh Levey
If there is any piece of music that modern western culture associates with a sombre funeral procession, it is this march from Chopin's second piano sonata in B minor. It was used for Chopin's own funeral in Paris in 1849. In the 20th … Read More
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If there is any piece of music that modern western culture associates with a sombre funeral procession, it is this march from Chopin's second piano sonata in B minor. It was used for Chopin's own funeral in Paris in 1849. In the 20th century it was used at the state funerals of Sir Winston Churchill, John F. Kennedy, and Leonid Brezhnev. It also appears in both serious and comic films to symbolise death or impending disaster.
Everyone knows the opening march with the slow plodding notes in the piano's left hand, but there is so much more to this wonderful piece of music! There is light and shade. There is seriousness, but it is tempered with poignancy and a sublimely beautiful and lyrical trio section in D major. It is a composition which is both world-famous and unknown at the same time. Educate your audiences by performing the whole movement. They will see it in a new light.