Chopin Frederic - Scherzo in Bb Minor Op 31 Piano Solo *McGinnis & Marx Music Publishers Sidling Hill (Houston Dunleavy)

Sidling Hill (Houston Dunleavy)

supported by a gentle piano accompaniment – neither of which is technically demanding

premiered at the Bordeaux Festival

Written in 1908–1911

Chopin Frederic - Scherzo in Bb Minor Op 31 Piano Solo *McGinnis & Marx Music Publishers Sidling Hill (Houston Dunleavy)Chopin gave the scherzo a character all of its own, and his second Scherzo is probably the best known of the four works that he composed in that genre. In contrast to the first Scherzo, which survives only in its first editions, we are fortunate in that manuscript material is also extant for the second. These multitude sources are complemented by printed copies once belonging to Chopins pupils that contain his own annotations, and which have been