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The first movement is a well-structured, even straightforward, sonata form (albeit utilizing Ravel’s Impressionistic harmonic colorings). Two themes emerge in the exposition—the first in tonic key of F-sharp minor, and the second in D major and B minor. Owing to its diminutive form, the following minuet exists without a trio.
The second mazurka of the set, in C-sharp minor, is quite an outwardly dance-like piece, with a triple meter and bass line characteristic of a waltz.It starts with a slow introduction characterised by the play between the inner voices.
D 604, Piano piece in A major (1816 or 1817; also appears as "Andante in A major"; probably the second movement of the unfinished Piano Sonata in F-sharp minor, D 571) D 610, Trio in E major for piano, to be regarded as the lost son of a minuet (1818, this Trio was probably intended for the Minuet in C-sharp minor, D 600; in turn the Minuet ...
The Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp minor, marked Quasi una fantasia, Op. 27, No. 2, is a piano sonata by Ludwig van Beethoven, completed in 1801 and dedicated in 1802 to his pupil Countess Julie "Giulietta" Guicciardi. [b] Although known throughout the world as the Moonlight Sonata (German: Mondscheinsonate), it was not Beethoven who named it ...
Minuet in the Classical period. A minuet (/ ˌ m ɪ nj u ˈ ɛ t /; also spelled menuet) is a social dance of French origin for two people, usually written in 3 4 time but always played as if in 6 8 (compound duple metre) to reflect the step pattern of the dance. The English word was adapted from the Italian minuetto and the French menuet.
Grande valse; sometimes called the 2/4 waltz since the main melody sounds as if in 2/4 time against a 3/4 bass. 6 D-flat major: 1846–1847 XI 1847 Op. 64/1 B.164/1 Countess Delfina Potocka: Valse du petit chien is the title Chopin gave this waltz, which is popularly known as Minute Waltz: 7 C-sharp minor: 1846–1847 XI 1847 Op. 64/2 B.164/2
No. 3 in C-sharp minor The final mazurka of the Op. 63 set is a true kujawiak , a national polish dance slightly slower than a mazurka. Written in the key of C-sharp minor , it is songful in character with an innocent and expressive melody as the main theme.
The Mazurka in C-sharp minor should really have a subtitle: in the Phrygian mode for this is the special quality of its main theme and the crowning climax at the end. How Chopin incorporates the mode into the piece is fascinating: The mazurka starts with an outlining of the Phrygian scale as a solo right hand melody, only then repeating it with ...