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New page: An '''impromptu''' is a short, single movement, instrumental piece of music, composed to sound as if it has been improvised. It nearly always refers to a piano piece, although impromptus h...
An '''impromptu''' is a short, single movement, instrumental piece of music, composed to sound as if it has been improvised. It nearly always refers to a piano piece, although impromptus have been written for the [[violin]], [[guitar]] etc.,
The term was coined in the first quarter of the 19th century, with pieces by two now ignored composers titled as such. The first impromptus of note were written by [[Franz Schubert]] in 1827, though published (and named) between 1827 and 1859. [[Chopin]] and [[Robert Schumann|Schumann]] were other composers of notable impromptus during the first decades of the [[Romantic period (music)|Romantic era]] and [[Gabriel Faure]] and others have written them since.
[[Category: Musical forms]]
The term was coined in the first quarter of the 19th century, with pieces by two now ignored composers titled as such. The first impromptus of note were written by [[Franz Schubert]] in 1827, though published (and named) between 1827 and 1859. [[Chopin]] and [[Robert Schumann|Schumann]] were other composers of notable impromptus during the first decades of the [[Romantic period (music)|Romantic era]] and [[Gabriel Faure]] and others have written them since.
[[Category: Musical forms]]