Nocturne in E major, Op. 62 No. 2
This guide follows Chopin’s Nocturne in E major, Op. 62 No. 2 (1846) in one part.
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Follow all 4 sections as they play
0:02–5:16
A stately, slow melody in E major (A) opens the piece and is richly ornamented on its repeat. In the B section the mood becomes restless: the left hand ripples, melodic lines imitate each other in , and the harmony wanders through distant keys. The comes back, shortened, as A′, and then a brief begins. The ending has a searching, unsettled quality rather than a firm .
- 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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