Frédéric Chopin wrote his Berceuse, Op. 57, in 1844. It is a piano solo work in the style of a lullaby, formally organized as a series of variations in the key of D flat major. The composer titled it Variations, but upon it first publishing (by J. Meissonnier in 1844) the title was changed to Berceuse. The work was dedicated to Elise Gavard.
Frédéric Chopin wrote his Berceuse, Op. 57, in 1844. It is a piano solo work in the style of a lullaby, formally organized as a series of variations in the key of D flat major. The composer titled it Variations, but upon it first publishing (by J. Meissonnier in 1844) the title was changed to Berceuse. The work was dedicated to Elise Gavard.