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Nocturne No. 20 in C♯ Minor

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Nocturne In C-sharp Minor, B.49

by Frédéric Chopin

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Uploaded on Dec 08, 2012

The Nocturne No. 20 in C♯ minor, Op. posth., Lento

con gran espressione, P 1, No. 16, KKIVa/16, is a solo-
piano piece composed by Frédéric Chopin in 1830.

Chopin dedicated this work to his older sister, Ludwika

Chopin, with the statement: "To my sister Ludwika as
an exercise before beginning the study of my second
Concerto". First published 26 years after the
composer's death, the piece is usually referred to as
Lento con gran espressione, from its tempo marking. It
is sometimes also called Reminiscence. The piece was
famously played by Holocaust survivor Natalia Karp
for the Nazi concentration camp commandant Amon
Goeth, with Goeth being so impressed with the
rendition, that he spared Karp's life.

The composition is marked Lento con gran

espressione and is written in common time. After a
soft, saddening introduction, the main theme starts at
bar 5, with the left hand playing broken chords in
portamento slurs throughout the section, imparting a
haunting and continuous quality to the music. The
theme then shifts to a dreamy pianissimo in bar 21,
before returning to the original theme in bar 47, and
finally concluding with a Picardy third. The themes
from the middle section resemble themes from
Chopin's second piano concerto in F minor which was
composed around the same time (1830).
Source:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nocturne_in_C-
sharp_minor
,_Op._posth._(Chopin)

piano Classical c no no.

minor sharp chopin Nocturne

moll C-sharp 20 Szopen ciss

Pages 3

Duration 04:23

Measures 65

Key E major, C♯ minor

Genre Classical

Ensemble Solo

Parts 1

Part names Piano

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Gustus · Aug 02, 2022

Very Nice

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nikkistott PRO · Jul 25, 2022

Exactly what I was looking for. So beautiful.

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trantiendat · Jul 19, 2022

So sweet

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roxerblogs · Jun 30, 2022

Nice

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antdark99212 · Jun 29, 2022

GOOD

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