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Mazurka in C-sharp minor, Op. 63 No. 3

18462 min

This guide follows Chopin’s Mazurka in C-sharp minor, Op. 63 No. 3 (1846) in one part.

Recording: Krystian Zimerman (piano)

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Follow all 4 sections as they play

0:01–2:23

The opening melody (A) is song-like and pensive, sad but charming. Next, a short, soft (B, sotto voce) brings in the lilt of a , a brisker dance. The in changed form as A′, with overlapping lines in , one voice following the other a beat later. The closes the piece with a dramatic ending after all this intimate sadness.

  1. A
  2. B

Section boundaries in music are not always sharp; a transition may be felt over a pause or a held chord.

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