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Songs Without Words: No. 5 in F-sharp minor, Op. 19b No. 5

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This guide follows Mendelssohn’s Songs Without Words: No. 5 in F-sharp minor, Op. 19b No. 5 (1830) in one part (sonata form).

Recording: Leon McCawley (piano) (2016)

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Sonata form0:00–2:49

The is a wave-like melody in F-sharp minor over unbroken quavers, which keeps the mood unsettled. Then a brief, folk-like tune in A major (the ) brings relief, and a follows. The reworks the agitated material, and a leads back. In the the folk tune in a sunny F-sharp major and carries on into a .

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