Maiden's Prayer

Japanese: 《乙女の祈り》 - おとめのいのり
Maiden's Prayer

…Chopin's Nocturne is one such example, but when it comes to pieces like this, the boundary between pure instrumental music and character pieces becomes fluid. Salon music, which became popular in Europe a little before the mid-19th century, is close to character pieces in that it is an elegant and lyrical piece for solo piano or small ensemble, but it is different in that it is more common, such as T. Bondarzewska's Maiden's Prayer, which is a typical example of this. Program music has traditionally been discussed mainly from the perspective of whether music can express literary or pictorial things. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that refer to "Maiden's Prayer" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…ショパンの《ノクターン》などもこれに数えられるが,このような曲になると純粋器楽との境は流動的になる。19世紀半ばの少し前からヨーロッパで流行した〈サロン音楽〉も,優雅で抒情的なピアノ独奏あるいは小編成の小品という点でキャラクター・ピースに隣接するが,これの典型の一つであるT.ボンダジェフスカ(バダジェフスカ)の《乙女の祈り》のように,より通俗的であるという違いがある。 標題音楽については,従来主として,文学的・絵画的なものを音楽が表せるかという観点から論じられてきた。…

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