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Chopin composed his best-known Nocturne in E ♭ major, Op. 9, No. 2 when he was around twenty years old. This well-known nocturne is in rounded binary form (A, A, B, A, B, A) with coda, C. It is 34 measures long and written in 12 8 meter, having a similar structure to a waltz. The A and B sections become increasingly ornamented with each ...
Edvard Grieg: the fourth piece of his Lyric Pieces, Op 54 is a nocturne; Arthur Honegger: Nocturne for orchestra (1936, partly based on music from ballet Sémiramis) Vasily Kalinnikov: Nocturne in F ♯ minor, for piano (1894) Jan Kalivoda: Six Nocturnes for Viola and Piano, op. 186; Friedrich Kalkbrenner: 4 nocturnes for solo piano
Chopin's nocturnes carry many similarities with those of Field while at the same time retaining a distinct, unique sound of their own. One aspect of the nocturne that Chopin continued from Field is the use of a song-like melody in the right hand. This is one of the most if not the most important features to the nocturne as a whole.
The Nocturnes, Op. 15 are a set of three nocturnes for solo piano written by Frédéric Chopin between 1830 and 1833. The work was published in January 1834, and was dedicated to Ferdinand Hiller. [1] These nocturnes display a more personal approach to the nocturne form than that of the earlier Opus 9. The melodies and emotional depth of these ...
Nocturne in E-flat major, Op. 55, No. 2. The second nocturne in E ♭ major features a 12 8 time signature, triplet quavers in the bass, and a lento sostenuto tempo marking. The left-hand features sweeping legato arpeggios from the bass to the tenor, while the right-hand often plays a contrapuntal duet and a soaring single melody.
Opening bars of Nocturne No. 19 in E minor. The Nocturne in E minor, Op. posth. 72 No. 1, WN 23, was composed by Frédéric Chopin for solo piano in 1826. [1] It was Chopin's first composed nocturne, although it was the nineteenth to be published, in 1855, along with two other early works: a funeral march in C minor and three écossaises.
The Nocturne No. 20 in C ♯ minor, Op. posth., Lento con gran espressione, P 1, No. 16, KKIVa/16, WN 37, is a solo piano piece composed by Frédéric Chopin in 1830 and published in 1875. Chopin dedicated this work to his older sister Ludwika Chopin , with the statement: "To my sister Ludwika as an exercise before beginning the study of my ...
Opening bars from Op. 48 No. 1. The Nocturne in C minor, Op. 48, No. 1 is initially marked lento and is in 4 4 meter. In general, the scheme of the music is ternary form and follows the structure A–B–A′. [3] The piece becomes poco più lento at measure 25 and enters its middle section, which is a chorale in C major.