CHOPIN and the Rule of the Octave

#Chopin #Composition #ruleoftheoctave

00:00 Intro
00:36 1st original example
01:21 quick analysis
01:45 harmonic reduction
02:10 2nd original example
02:23 quick analysis
02:35 functional equivalence of V7 and vii7
03:07 what this is all about – historical background and context of this bassline
03:48 a figured bass bestseller by D. Kellner
04:14 RO after David Kellner
04:53 Chopin’s lessons with J. Elsner
05:20 prevalent misunderstanding about the RO
05:51 two examples in 18th-century-styles on Chopin’s bass
06:03 1st example: “classical slow movement”
06:28 2nd example: “Allemande”
06:45 integrating a digression to the III
07:17 example as “Schumanesque album-leaf”
07:42 confirming a modulation via cadence
08:06 same modulation in Chopin’s etude

Concept, realization and piano playing by Michael Koch.

Background music: Chopin's Etude E flat major Op. 10, 11 played by my good buddy Payam Pahlevanian, Link:
   • Chopin Etüde Op. 10 Nr. 11