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Rondo capriccioso in E major, Op. 14 / MWV U 67

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This guide follows Mendelssohn’s Rondo capriccioso in E major, Op. 14 / MWV U 67 (1830) in one part.

Recording: Jan Lisiecki (piano)

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– 0:14–6:45

The decorative in E major opens the piece in the manner of a , a song-like night piece, and it runs for the first 26 . Rising scales then lead into the , a light 6/8 whose (A) flickers between E minor and major. The contrasting B follows. The and then the , and the closes the piece.

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

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