Nocturne in E-flat major, Op. 55 No. 2
This guide follows Chopin’s Nocturne in E-flat major, Op. 55 No. 2 (1843) in one part.
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Follow all 5 sections as they play
0:05–6:24
The piece seems already under way at the first : the left hand pours out steady triplets in sweeping arpeggios, while the right hand sings a long melody and a second voice joins it, answering and competing with it. A second idea (B) follows. The opening (A) then and the second idea (B) after it, and the music builds to its main near the middle of the piece. The rests on a long note in the bass and ends with a short .
- 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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