

The nocturne also includes a subordinate melody, which is played with rubato.Ī sonorous foundation for the melodic line is provided by the widely spaced notes in the accompaniment, connected by the damper pedal. With each repetition, it is varied by ever more elaborate decorative tones and trills. This melody is heard again three times during the piece. The nocturne opens with a legato melody, mostly played piano (quietly), containing graceful upward leaps which becomes increasingly wide as the line unfolds. The penultimate bar utilizes considerable rhythmic freedom, indicated by the instruction, senza tempo (without tempo). The A and B sections become increasingly ornamented with each recurrence.

It is 34 measures long and written in 12Ĩ meter, having a similar structure to a waltz. This well-known nocturne is in rounded binary form (A, A, B, A, B, A) with coda, C. 15: No.Problems playing this file? See media help.Ĭhopin composed his best-known Nocturne in E ♭ major, Op. Published on Mozart: Lacrimosa from Requiem, K. Published on Henry Purcell: "When I am Laid in Earth" (Dido's Lament – Arr. Gluck: Melody from "Orfeo ed Euridice" (Arr. Published on Domenico Scarlatti: Sonata in F minor, K. Published on Johann Pachelbel: Aria and Four Variations in A minor (July 1689), P.

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