Frédéric Chopin wrote six works for piano and orchestra, including two concertos. The Fantasy on Polish Airs in A major, Op. 13, was the second of his concertante works, written in 1828–30. The piece
Frédéric Chopin, by Mieroszewski, 1829
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Dumka is a musical term introduced from the Ukrainian language, with cognates in other Slavic languages. The word dumka literally means "thought". Originally, it was the diminutive form of the Ukraini
Fantasy on Polish Airs (Chopin)
…section lasts from mm. 56 to 127. The meter is 6 8. The section begins in A major and ends on C♯ minor. This section features a melody in the style of a dumka or possibly based on a Ukrainian duple-time round dance or kolomyjka, from an opera by Chopin's compatriot and friend Karol Kurpiński. According to…
Jarema's dumka (1879), a painting by Stanisław Masłowski in the National Museum in Warsaw.