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Friday, June 11, 2010

Impromptu no.2 - Op.36: F#-major

Recording by Rubinstein

The key of this piece is important to note; there must have been a purposeful reason for why Chopin didn't write in Gb major, for instance. I like the contrast between the loud, (inherently choppier), dotted eighths beamed to sixteenth notes and the quieter, more flowing triplets. Chopin is brilliant at creating two completely opposite moods in a single piece.

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