Chopin took that melody and used his contemplative harmonic choices and delicate voicings to adapt it into his piece. This nocturne was adapted from a melody that seems to have originated during the Polish famine of the 1650's, a famine where a third of the population died from either starvation, war or plague. At the time, composers all over Europe loved to adapt folk melodies, and Chopin (raised in Poland, then working in Paris and clinging to his roots) was no exception. Blonde Redhead took that melody and those chords, put it in a rock context, and loaded in a touch of force.īut, go back to Poland in the time before Chopin, and you will discover he did not write the melody either. ' Blonde Redhead // was adapting Chopin's Nocturne in F minor. See reddit's content policy for more examples of unwelcome content. commenting on someone's appearance), and the like, are not welcome and will be removed. Comments that contain personal attacks, hate speech, trolling, unnecessarily derogatory or inflammatory remarks or inappropriate remarks (e.g. If you're unsure if your post will be considered spam, please contact the moderators before posting.īe nice to each other. Spam includes posting too frequently, posting mainly links to your blog / Youtube channel, low-content blog posts, etc. No spam, advertising, low-content blog posts, etc.

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