Nocturne in C-sharp minor, Op. 27 No. 1
This guide follows Chopin’s Nocturne in C-sharp minor, Op. 27 No. 1 (1836) in one part.
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Follow all 4 sections as they play
0:05–4:46
A brooding, hesitant melody (A) wanders chromatically, by semitones, over wide left-hand arpeggios. In the B section the music quickens () and moves into 3/4, with left-hand triplets surging beneath an increasingly forceful melody that builds to a . The (A) in the original slow . The turns to the major , and the piece ends quietly, in a slowing .
- A
- 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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