page_title: Nocturnes, Op. 15 (Chopin)
section_title: Nocturne in F-sharp major, Op. 15, No. 2
hierarchical_section_title: Nocturnes, Op. 15 (Chopin) / Nocturne in F-sharp major, Op. 15, No. 2
caption_attribution_description: English: Opening bars of Chopin's Nocturne Op 15, No 2
context_page_description: The Nocturnes, Op. 15 are a set of three nocturnes written by Frédéric Chopin between 1830 and 1833. The work was published in January 1834, and was dedicated to Ferdinand Hiller.
context_section_description: Composed in 1832, it is a technically challenging piece in A-B-A form, in 2/4. The first section, Larghetto (mm.40), features an intricate, elaborately ornamental melody over an even quaver bass. The second section, labelled doppio movimento (double speed), resembles a scherzo with dotted quaver-semi quaver melody, semiquavers in a lower voice in the right hand, and large jumps in the bass. The final section is a shortened version of the first (14 bars rather than 24) with characteristic cadenzas and elaboration, finishing with an arpeggio on F♯ major, falling at first, then dying away.
caption: The opening bars of No. 2 in F♯ major.
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