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Nocturne in F-sharp minor, Op. 48 No. 2

18417 min

This guide follows Chopin’s Nocturne in F-sharp minor, Op. 48 No. 2 (1841) in one part.

Recording: Evgeny Kissin (piano) (1985)

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0:17–7:07

Two of lead to a song-like melody in F-sharp minor (A). The comes back and the melody is heard again. In the B section the music slows ( ), changes to 3/4 and moves into D-flat major, with plain chords that sound like speech. Then the first melody (A) in the original , but the cuts it short with trills and a rising arpeggio, and the ends in F-sharp major.

  1. A

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