Frédéric Chopin
Prelude
in A Major, Op. 28 No. 7
Chopin's Prelude in A-Major barely lasts for a single minute, but it’s one of the most famous pieces he ever composed.
Year: 1834
Period: Early Romantic
Piano score: PS Urtext 
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The Prelude in A-Major is one of Chopin’s shortest works. Not quite so easy to play as it sounds, it is in the style of a mazurka. It barely lasts for a single minute, but it’s one of the most famous pieces he ever composed. Because of its captivating simplicity, many movies, television programs, and even advertisements have used it in one way or another. Words have repeatedly been set to it; composers have paraphrased it (Alfredo Casella) and written mighty symphonic variations on it (Zygmunt Noskowski).Background
Written partly during Chopin’s catastrophic wintertime stay on Majorca, the 24 Preludes in all major and minor keys are some of the composer’s most mysterious works. Schumann said of them: "They are sketches, beginnings of études, or, so to speak, ruins, individual eagle pinions, all disorder and wild confusions.”Forum posts about this piece:
Chopin Prelude in A major by stormx
Hi, I have recently learned this prelude (the easiest of the whole set). My only trouble comes with R.H. in mesure 11. While holding C# and E with fingers 1-2, you have to play higher A...
Chopin A major prelude big chord by schiu
I am learning Chopin's Op. 28 No. 7 prelude. When you get to the 12th bar there is his huge chord which most scores indicate should be rolled, but the original score suggests it should be played all at...
Chopin Prelude No.7 Q by steve jones
Hi all, Just been looking through some of the Preludes that are around my level. Started No.6, very nice little piece. But I also wanted to do No.6. Problem is Im a little confused about...
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Prelude Op. 28 No. 7 in A Major, a composition by the early romantic composer Frédéric Chopin. The piano score of this piece was first published in 1834 and is part of Preludes by Chopin.