| 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. |
| Chopin's ethereal nocturnes, poetic ballades, audacious scherzos, aptly titled impromptus and lacy waltzes often sound like written-out improvisations. |
| The unexpected impromptus with which he rescues himself from gags that bomb, thereby plucking triumph from disaster, are also part of the expected pleasure. |
| How often have I hover'd at the edge of a crowd of them, to hear their repartees and impromptus! |
| He enriched the literature of the piano with a number of highly original and exquisitely wrought works, of which his 13 nocturnes, 13 barcaroles, and 5 impromptus are perhaps the most representative and best known. |
