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Polonaise No. 5 in F-sharp minor, Op. 44

184111 min

This guide follows Chopin’s Polonaise No. 5 in F-sharp minor, Op. 44 (1841) in one part.

Recording: Evgeny Kissin (piano) (1987)

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Follow all 15 sections as they play

0:05–11:04

A short, menacing leads to the main (A), which alternates with a second idea B and twice. A third idea, C, appears and later comes again. Then Part II begins: a long in A major, a nostalgic contrast. Part III starts with a short , brings back the , then B and the once more, and then the begins.

  1. Part I:
  2. Part I: A

Section boundaries in music are not always sharp; a transition may be felt over a pause or a held chord.

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