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Impromptu No. 2 (Chopin)

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Chopin in 1840

Frédéric Chopin's Impromptu No. 2 in F major, Op. 36 was composed in 1839 and published in the following year.

Music

The Impromptu begins with a nocturne-esque chord. The piece is in the less commonly used key of F major, which is used in very few major compositions in the Romantic era, such as Ludwig van Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 24 and Chopin's famous Barcarolle.

References

  • Huneker, James (1909). Chopin: the man and his music. New York: C. Scribner's Sons. pp. 239–240.