Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin :: Funeral March (orchd. Elgar)


 

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Chopin, Fryderyk Franciszek
1810-1849
(b Żelazowa Wola, nr Warsaw, 1 March 1810; d Paris, 17 Oct 1849). Polish
Funeral March (orchd. Elgar) <1839>
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Mvt 3 (Marche funèbre: Lento) from Chopin's Piano Sonata No.2, op.35, B-flat minor, orchd by Edward Elgar (1932) who transposed it to C minor.
Other orchestrations exist by Prosper Pascal (see next entry), Henry Wood and Stokowski; an orchestration by Aubrey Winter (1920) is available from Boosey.