Artist: Frédéric Chopin
Author: Frédéric Chopin
Year: 1830s
Requested it to be played at his funeral in 1849.
Covers:
Gerry Mulligan Sextet [as Prelude In E Minor]
Jane Birkin & Serge Gainsbourg [same melody under Signalement Jane B.]
Jack Nicholson [or his stand-in in film Five Easy Pieces]
Radiohead [in Exit Music (For A Film) on OK Computer, written for film Romeo+Juliet]
Adrian Brody [or his stand-in in film The Pianist]
Chick Corea [on Plays, his last album]
Antonio Carlos Jobim's Insensatez ('61) starts similarly (see there).
If you noticed blunt omissions, mis-interpretations or even out-and-out errors,
please let me know:
Arnold Rypens
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B-2840 Reet (Rumst)