Waltz in E minor (Chopin)

The Waltz in E minor is a waltz for solo piano by Frédéric Chopin. It was composed c. 1830 and published in 1868.

It was the first of Chopin's posthumously published waltzes not to be given a posthumous opus number. It appears in Brown's catalogue as B. 56, in Kobylańska's catalogue as KK IVa/15, and in Chomiński's as P1/15. Although this is the final (fourteenth) waltz in the older editions of Chopin (other waltzes being included in more recent editions), this waltz was likely composed before any of the waltzes published in Chopin's lifetime.

Structure

This E minor waltz is in modified ternary form with introduction and coda, where the middle section is in a bright E major and the recapitulated theme is modified and abridged.

References

Chopin, Frédéric. "Waltz in E minor, Op. posth., 1830". Mississauga: Frederick Harris, 2001.
Cummings, Robert. Waltz for piano in E minor, KK IVa/15, CT. 222 (B. 56) at AllMusic. Retrieved 12 March 2006.

External links

Waltz in E minor, B. 56: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
2009 recital in Oslo on YouTube, Iskra Mantcheva

Waltzes by Frédéric Chopin

Grande valse brillante in E-flat major, Op. 18 3 Waltzes, Op. 34 Waltz in A-flat major, Op. 42 Waltz in D-flat major, Op. 64, No. 1 (Minute) Waltz in C-sharp minor, Op. 64, No. 2 Waltz in A-flat major, Op. 64, No. 3 Waltz in A-flat major, Op. 69, No. 1 (Farewell) Waltz in B minor, Op. 69, No. 2 3 Waltzes, Op. posth. 70 Waltz in E minor, Op. posth. Waltz in E major, Op. posth. Waltz in A minor, Op. posth.

Études Mazurkas Nocturnes Polonaises Waltzes List of compositions by Frédéric Chopin by genre List of compositions by Frédéric Chopin by opus number

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