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Mazurka in A minor, Op. 17 No. 4

18335 min

This guide follows Chopin’s Mazurka in A minor, Op. 17 No. 4 (1833) in one part.

Recording: Eric Lu (piano) (2015)

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, 0:03–4:37

The four- is the music you will hear again at the very end. The (A) is a slow, songlike melody in A minor, with more contrast between soft and loud than in the other mazurkas of the set. In the B section the changes to A major and the music takes on the manner of a . The is back with the of A, and the ends with the opening four , played softly by the left hand.

  1. A

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