63. In B major, it is
sufficiently various in figuration and rhythmical life to single
it from its fellows. The next, in F minor, has a more elegiac
ring. Brief and not difficult of matter or manner is this dance.
The third, of winning beauty, is in C sharp minor--surely a
pendant to the C sharp minor Valse. I defy anyone to withstand
the pleading, eloquent voice of this Mazurka. Slender in
technical configuration, yet it impressed Louis Ehlert so much
that he was impelled to write: "A more perfect canon in the
octave could not have been written by one who had grown gray in
the learned arts."
The four Mazurkas, published posthumously in 1855, that comprise
op. 67 were composed by Chopin at various dates. To the first, in
G, Klindworth affixes 1849 as the year of composition. Niecks
gives a much earlier date, 1835. I fancy the latter is correct,
as the piece sounds like one of Chopin's more youthful efforts.
It is jolly and rather superficial. The next, in G minor, is
familiar. It is very pretty, and its date is set down by Niecks
as 1849, while Klindworth gives 1835.
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