Impromptu No. 2 (Chopin)

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

Chopin in 1840

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.

External links

Impromptu, Op. 36: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project

Impromptus by Frédéric Chopin
No. 1 in A♭ major, Op. 29 No. 2 in F♯ major, Op. 36 No. 3 in G♭ major, Op. 51 Fantaisie-Impromptu in C♯ minor, Op. posth. 66
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