LITERARY GENIUS
Most people would not consider music literature, and in a strict sense, this is true. Music is not literature; however, it is capable of speaking to us on a level untouchable by words. What follows is an étude, or musical study, written by Chopin. He wrote 24 études—one for each major and minor key—but only a few of them are well known, including the following Chanson de l’adieu, or “Song of Farewell.”

ÉTUDE OP. 10 NO. 3 IN E MAJOR – “CHANSON DE L’ADIEU”
by Frédéric Chopin