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Chopin's piano music
Nocturne, étude, mazurka, scherzo, ballade, polonaise, waltz: Chopin's genres in twelve works, in the order he wrote them.
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Scherzo No. 2 in B♭ minor, Op. 31
This guide follows Chopin’s Scherzo No. 2 in B♭ minor, Op. 31 (1837) in one part (minuet and trio).
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Minuet and trio0:31–10:33
The piece opens with a hushed question and an answering burst: quiet arpeggios, a pause and loud chords. Rapid eighth-note passages lead to a bright D-flat major . The begins in A major with a meditative melody, which modulates back toward B-flat minor. The with furious intensity and brings back the enigmatic . The repeats the falling of the in varied form and ends on a high F.
Section boundaries in music are not always sharp; a transition may be felt over a pause or a held chord.
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