Translations:Frederick Chopin/8/en

By his peculiar style of playing, Chopin imparted with most fascinating effect a constant rocking, making the melody to undulate to and fro like a skiff driven over the bosom of tossing waves. This manner of execution, which set so peculiar a seal upon his own style of performance, was first indicated by the words Tempo rubato affixed to his works; a tempo broken, agitated, interrupted.