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Fantaisie-Impromptu in C-sharp minor, Op. 66

18356 min

This guide follows Chopin’s Fantaisie-Impromptu in C-sharp minor, Op. 66 (1835) in one part (sonata form).

Recording: Daniil Trifonov (piano)

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Sonata form0:00–5:53

The piece opens with a short ; then the starts, with fast right-hand sixteenth notes against the left hand's six-note groups. A follows, and the . After an the music slows into a singing melody in D-flat major (the ), with a and a . The fast music then comes back in the . The keeps the right hand running, and near the end the song sounds again in the left hand.

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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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