Originally posted by kernelbogey
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The other Funeral marches played throughout the day were the Marcia Funebre from the A flat Op 26 Sonata which is definitely by Beethoven and the Marcia Funebre from the Chopin BFlat minor Piano Sonata.The latter, in my view the greatest Funeral March of them all , just doesn’t work at the marching pace of 75 beats per minute. It has the merit of being the only movement of the sonata playable by a reasonably competent pianist and makes a tremendous effect if you observe the dynamics and don’t milk the rubato in the D flat section.
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