| In our country we love to arrange these little effects, to have surprises, impromptus, events that are unexpected. |
| There are four impromptus and four Ballades, also four Scherzos. |
| Intensely lyrical and poetic, these three pieces, written fewer than six months before his death, appear to form part of a third series of impromptus that Schubert had hoped to publish. |
| The unexpected impromptus with which he rescues himself from gags that bomb, thereby plucking triumph from disaster, are also part of the expected pleasure. |
| Chopin's ethereal nocturnes, poetic ballades, audacious scherzos, aptly titled impromptus and lacy waltzes often sound like written-out improvisations. |
| There are four popular Chopin items, the first set of the Schubert Impromptus, and Ravel's La Valse as transcribed by the composer for piano solo. |
