Funeral March (Chopin, Piano Sonata No. 2, Op. 35)

Overview

The third movement ("Marche funèbre") of Frédéric Chopin's Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op. 35, composed 1837-1839 and published in 1840; the march itself is dated to 1837 by many scholars. The sonata was completed at George Sand's house in Nohant. (Source: Wikipedia, "Piano Sonata No. 2 (Chopin)", https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piano_Sonata_No._2_(Chopin).) Public domain. See also the composer's stub CHOPIN.

Marie and this work

• 081.0510 (21 Jul 1878, Soden): item 1 of the programme of the mocking "sérénade" she and Mme Rembelinsky plan for the two silent princes living below, a list of funeral marches ("Marche funèbre de Chopin; Mein lieber Augustchen; Marche funèbre de Beethoven; Marche funèbre de Mendelssohn; Marche funèbre x x x; Galop infernal"). See Beethoven.
• 097.0335 (1 Jan 1883): Dusautoy, "triste à mourir", plays "l'incomparable Marche funèbre de Chopin"; the footnote identifies it as Op. 35.
• 099.0151 (18 Apr 1883): she begins a piano session with "les deux divines marches de Chopin et de Bethoveen".
• 099.0226 (27 Apr 1883): after years of not playing she says that on hearing "la marche de Chopin" she can learn it in two or three days.

Sources

• Wikipedia (above); diary paragraphs as cited.