Frédéric Chopin's Rondo à la Krakowiak in F major, Op.
It was written in 1828 and dedicated to Princess Anna Zofia Sapieha, whose mother, Izabela Czartoryska, was influential in shaping the burgeoning Romantic aesthetic in Poland, particularly through the Temple of [Polish] Memory in Puławy.
The Rondo à la Krakowiak was written in Warsaw in 1828 under the guidance of Józef Elsner.
It has received a number of recordings but still remains less known than most of Chopin's other works.
The piece begins with a soft, pentatonic section in 3/4 time, which introduces the lively syncopated krakowiak in its typical 2/4 meter.