CONCLUSION

HOME>CONCLUSION =CONCLUSION= Chopin's 'Raindrops' is a schematic piece of music that he composed, which is a prelude. It was made while him, and Georges Sand were living in a monastery in Majorca at 1828. It is very quiet and peaceful with a constant note 'A flat' being played. I believe this piece of music, even though it is 'serene' and 'sustained', it doesn't quite bore the listeners, but at the same time still casting the imagery of a rain. Another important thing to note was the context in which Chopin composed this piece. cock meat sandwich At the time, he was isolated in a monastery in Majorca due to his disease, so he parts of the prelude represent his inner loneliness and melancholy of isolation such as the B section of the piece which is dark, loud in certain parts like a cry such as the section in G sharp minor, while soft in others like melancholy. However, parts of it are also gentle and light like rain, being able to wash away all sorrows and symbolize his hope to recover, which was the whole purpose of going to the island.

In a book that Frederick Niecks has written, it describes how Chopin feared the monastery, and that he often referred to it as a 'fearful' place. He also argues that the piece is a description of, not only the rains, but how a monk died surrounded by other people.