Chopin took the new salon genre of the nocturne, invented by the Irish composer John Field, to a deeper level of sophistication. He was the first to write ballades and scherzi as individual concert pieces. He essentially established a new genre with his own set of free-standing preludes (Op. 28, published 1839). He exploited the poetic potential of the concept of the concert étude, already being developed in the 1820s and 1830s by Liszt, Clementi and Moscheles, in his two sets of studies (Op. 10 published in 1833, Op. 25 in 1837). COUNT 6
QSN1 Who is credited with creating the nocturne? ANS1 John Field QSN2 Chopin was the first person to create what as singular concert pieces? ANS2 ballades and scherzi QSN3 What new genre di John Field invent? ANS3 nocturne QSN4 Chopin was first in writing what for concerts? ANS4 ballades and scherzi QSN5 What musical concept did Chopin exploit? ANS5 concert étude QSN6 What three other musicians were developing the new genre? ANS6 Liszt, Clementi and Moscheles