Both Scarlatti and Chopin were inspired by cats. When Scarlatti's cat struck certain notes on the keys of his harpsichord， one by one， with its paws， Scarlatti proceeded to write The Cat’s Fugue， a fugue for harpsichord in D minor. While Chopin was composing Waltz No. 3 in F major， his cat ran across the keys of the piano， amusing Chopin so much that he tried for the same sounds in what is called The Cat's Waltz.

　　兩人都受到過貓的啟示

　　斯卡拉蒂和肖邦都受到過貓的啟示。斯卡拉蒂的貓用腳爪在他的大鍵琴的琴鍵上踩出一個(gè)一個(gè)音符時(shí)，斯卡拉蒂著手寫了一首大鍵琴D小調(diào)賦格曲，《貓的賦格曲》。肖邦在創(chuàng)作F大調(diào)第3圓舞曲時(shí)，他的貓從鋼琴鍵上跑過。肖邦感到非常有趣。在他稱之為《貓的圓舞曲》中設(shè)法記下了同樣的音響。