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unusual facts about ''Grande valse brillante'' in E-flat major



Eugen Suchoň

He graduated from his composition classes with the Sonata in A-flat for Violin and Piano and a String Quartet (op. 2, 1931, revised 1939).

Le Conservatoire

Later in the score Paulli utilised Chopin's Grande valse brillante in E-flat major and Paisiello's aria "Nel cor più non mi sento" from the opera La Molinara.

Lost in the Desert

Classical piano music is used several times in the film's soundtrack: particularly compositions by Franz Liszt and Frédéric Chopin, to the point that Liszt's Liebestraum no. 3 in A-flat major (S./G. 541, R. 211, no. 3) and Chopin's Polonaise no. 6 in A-flat major, op. 53 ("Polonaise héroïque") almost become de facto themes for the film.

Snowbody Loves Me

The cartoon contains much music arranged from familiar Chopin pieces; notably, the Revolutionary Étude; the Grande Valse Brillante in E-flat major; and the Fantaisie-Impromptu.


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