Chopin's Mazurkas - Part 5 @ r2

This article is part 29 of 52 in the 2022 music project series.
This article is part 5 of 9 in the Reviewing Chopin's mazurkas series.
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  1. Quatre Mazurkas
    1. Op. 33, No. 1 in G♯ minor
    2. Op. 33, No. 2 in D major
    3. Op. 33, No. 3 in C major
    4. Op. 33, No. 4 in B minor

It's been a while since I've done this as I got a mild obsession with covering guitar solos. But that's over for the moment and I'm excited to pretend to be excited about Chopin's 700 mazurkas. I can't believe I'm only up to Opus 33.

Quatre Mazurkas

For à Mlle la Comtease Mostowka.

Op. 33, No. 1 in G♯ minor

This one is super short and straightforward and I don't much to say. It has some neat little descending chromatic diminished chords that lead into the main theme. The same motif returns a few bars later and it turns out it was diatonic all along. What a tease.

The B section is in the relative major and not very interesting. Yawn.

Op. 33, No. 2 in D major

Op. 33, No. 3 in C major

Op. 33, No. 4 in B minor

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