Grande valse brillante in E-flat major (Chopin)
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The Grande valse brillante in E-flat major, Op. 18, was composed by Frédéric Chopin in 1833 and published in 1834. This was his first published waltz composition for solo piano, although prior to 1834 he had written at least sixteen waltzes that were either destroyed or eventually published posthumously.
Chopin also gave the title Grand valse brillante to the next three waltzes in the Op. 34 set, published in 1838.
In 1909, Russian composer Igor Stravinsky made an orchestral arrangement of this waltz for Sergei Diaghilev's 1907 ballet Les Sylphides. Other composers who orchestrated this waltz for that ballet are Alexander Gretchaninov, Gordon Jacob, Roy Douglas, and Benjamin Britten.
External links
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- Grande valse brillante: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
- Grande valse brillante at chopinproject.com
- Chopin "Grande Valse Brillante" - Britten's orchestration on YouTube
- Chopin, Arr. Roy Douglas-Les Sylphides Video on YouTube
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