It is a series of 16 variations on an ostinato ground bass. Ĭhopin completed Berceuse in 1844, shortly before his Piano Sonata in B minor. The theme of the Berceuse echos a song that Chopin may have heard in his childhood, "Już miesiąć zeszedł, psy się uśpily" (The moon now has risen, the dogs are asleep). As the first manuscript was held by the singer Pauline Viardot, the composition may have been inspired by her little daughter, Louisette, who also spent the summer there while her mother was away giving concerts.
Written late in his career, the lyrical piece features complex pianistic figuration in the continuous flow of variations on a calm bass in always soft dynamics, shaping the music by texture and sonority.Ĭhopin began the composition in the summer of 1843 at Nohant, where he stayed with George Sand.
Berceuse was first published in Paris in 1844 by Jean-Racine Meissonnier, dedicated to Élise Gavard, and appeared in London and Leipzig the following year. Chopin originally called his work Variantes. He composed it in 1843/44 as variations in D-flat major. 57, is a lullaby to be played on the piano. Pencil drawing of the composer by George Sand, 1841įrédéric Chopin's Berceuse, Op.
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