Nocturne in C minor, Op. posth. (Chopin)

Chopin, 1835

Frédéric Chopin's Nocturne No. 21 in C minor, B. 108, WN 62, KK IVb/8, P. 2/8, is a musical work for solo piano composed in 1847–1848[1] or 1837.[2] It was the last of Chopin's nocturnes to be published, and was done so posthumously in 1938.[3] It is famous for its striking simplicity and folk-like melody. The date of composition is uncertain: In the first publication in 1938, Ludwik Bronarski claimed that this piece may be one of the earliest of Chopin's known nocturnes, written before he left Poland, nonetheless it has traits of the composer's late period.[4] The fact that the two manuscripts of the piece came from the Rothschilds, and the manuscript paper was mostly used by Chopin in 1845–46 (as pointed out by Arthur Hedley), suggests that it was composed late in the composer's life.[5]

Structure

Opening bars.

The composition is structured as a single movement marked: Andante sostenuto.

References

  1. ^ Numbering and Chronology of the Works Published After Chopin's Death (PDF) (Chopin National ed.).
  2. ^ "Nocturne in C minor, B. 108 | Free Music". musopen.org. Retrieved 2017-09-23.
  3. ^ "Critical Commentary to the Henle edition of the complete Nocturnes" (PDF). henle.de. Retrieved 2020-05-23.
  4. ^ Bronarski, Ludwik (1938). Fryderyk Chopin: Nokturn c-moll; Largo Es-dur (in Polish). Warsaw: Towarzystwo Wydawnicze Muzyki Polskiej. Preface.
  5. ^ Ekier, Jan; Kamiński, Paweł. Source Commentary (PDF). Vol. 29 (Chopin National ed.). PWM Edition. p. 16.


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