Grande valse brillante in E flat major (Chopin)

First manuscript page of Opus 18.

The Grande valse brillante in E-flat major (The Brilliant Grand Waltz), Op. 18, was composed by Frédéric Chopin in 1833 and published in 1834. This was his first published waltz composition for solo piano. However, prior to 1834 he had written at least sixteen waltzes that were either destroyed or eventually published posthumously.

Chopin also gave the title Grand valse brillante to the next three waltzes in the Op. 34 set, published in 1838.

In 1909, Russian composer Igor Stravinsky made an orchestral arrangement of this waltz for Serge Diaghilev's ballet Les Sylphides.

External links

• Grande Valse Brillante: Free scores at the International Music Score Library Project.
• Find the entry and hear a performance of the Grande valse on the Chopin Project site