The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #19166   Message #1351543
Posted By: Mary in Kentucky
08-Dec-04 - 10:00 PM
Thread Name: folk/classical project, seeking ideas
Subject: RE: folk/classical project, seeking ideas
I just found another one, and one last year. If you're listening Susan (since over 4 years ago) give us an update...

Polish Lullaby (Lulajze Jezuniu), a Christmas Carol:
This melody was a Polish folk tune and adapted by Chopin in his Scherzo in B minor, opus 20.

Also, Schubert's Adagio in E flat, D. 897, Notturno, (a piano trio) is from an Itallian folksong - wish I knew the name - where the melody phrase starts on the 2nd beat! (according to Karl Haas)