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Waltz E minor Op.posth

by Frédéric Chopin (1810–1849)
Programme noteKey of E minor
~50 words · dif · 59 words

Although it was first published in 1868, the Waltz in E minor was written as early as 1830 and is remarkable not so much for its conventionally frothy outer sections as for a middle section which begins sweetly in E major and twice turns violent with heavy chords in the right hand over a rumbling bass in the left.

From Gerald Larner’s files: “Waltz E minor Op.posth/dif”