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Chopin's Etude sung by Chór 4 Asy - Żal (The Regret - Etude E major), 1946

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Channel: 240252 · 2015 · Music

Chór 4 Asy – Żal (The Regret - Etude in E Major Op.10 No 3, Fryderyk Chopin) Melodje 1946 (Polish)

NOTE: Today is the All Souls’ Day which in Poland, traditionally has the outstanding atmosphere of wistfulness and recalling the past. The younger and the older generations of Polish families meet by the graves to pray for the dead and bring back memories of the times they were with us. The holiday has also a strong religious basis: referring to the Catholic dogma of the Communion of Saints, which means the spiritual union of the members of the Church, living and the dead, those in heaven, linked by prayer with their fellow Christians on earth. Therefore, that day – despite its meditative mood – is not supposed to be full of tears. On the contrary, it is based on a deep conviction of a future meeting of all of us in eternity.

The song - very appropriate for today’s occasion - was arranged on the motifs from Chopin’s Etude “The Regret”. It was recorded by the popular postwar Polish revellers Cztery Asy (The 4 Aces). They were very prolific in recording the popular hits during a short postwar period of activity of the record company Melodje - which was opened in Poznań in 1945 and closed shortly thereafter, when in 1948 the installation of Stalinist system in Poland was completed. The photoshow presents different faces of the autumn time in Poland, including some views of the old Polish cemetery monuments and pictures of graves of several famous Poles of the yesteryear.

Chopin's Etude sung by Chór 4 Asy - Żal (The Regret - Etude E major), 1946

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