Berceuse (Chopin)

Berceuse
Piano music by Frédéric Chopin
Pencil drawing of the composer by George Sand, 1841
English	Lullaby
Other name	Variantes
Key	D-flat major
Opus	57
Form	variations
Composed	1843/44
Dedication	Élise Gavard
Published	1844

Frédéric Chopin's Berceuse, Op. 57, is a lullaby to be played on the piano. He composed it in 1843/44^[1] as variations in D-flat major. Chopin originally called his work Variantes. Berceuse was first published in Paris in 1844 by Jean-Racine Meissonnier, dedicated to Élise Gavard, and appeared in London and Leipzig the following year.

Written late in his career, the lyrical piece features complex pianistic figuration in the continuous flow of variations on a calm bass in always soft dynamics, shaping the music by texture and sonority.