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Scherzo No. 1 in B minorOp. 20

Frédéric Chopin

  • Difficulty 9
  • B minor
  • 10 min
  • 629 measures

The first of Chopin's four Scherzos, published in 1835 and dedicated to Thomas Albrecht. Two piercing chords open a Presto con fuoco of restless eighth-note figures, and the middle section in B major quotes the Polish Christmas carol Lulajże, Jezuniu before the storm returns.

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