Chopin's 24 Preludes, Op. 28, are a set of pieces for the piano, one in each of the twenty-four keys. Chopin wrote them in Majorca (Spanish island in the Mediterranean), where he spent the winter with George Sand and her children to escape the damp Paris weather. This prelude has a melancholic melody that is primarily given to the left hand. Essentially, this introspective piece is a study in balance between the hands. It was played at the composer's funeral on the organ together with Prelude no. 4. Chopin did not publish any textual names for his preludes, however, pianists Alfred Cortot and Hans von Bülow created nicknames, respectively "Homesickness" and "Tolling bells".