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Mazurka in A minor, Op. 68 No. 2

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This guide follows Chopin’s Mazurka in A minor, Op. 68 No. 2 (1827) in one part.

Recording: Arthur Rubinstein (piano)

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Follow all 3 sections as they play

0:01–2:43

A slow, wistful opens the piece (A). Its first four- already has two marks of the dance: a modal melody and a stress on the third beat. In the B section a contrasting in a major brings a little more light, though the dreamy feeling carries over. The with A, and the piece ends soon afterwards with no .

  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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