Nocturnes, Op.32 (Chopin, Frédéric)

Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 2 pieces
Composition Year 1836-37
Genre Categories Nocturnes; For piano; Scores featuring the piano; For 1 player; For violin, piano (arr); For 2 players (arr); Scores featuring the violin (arr); Scores featuring the piano (arr); For cello, piano (arr); Scores featuring the cello (arr); For 2 violins (arr); For guitar (arr); Scores featuring the guitar (arr); For 1 player (arr); For voice, piano (arr); For voices with keyboard (arr); Scores featuring the voice (arr)

Contents

Performances

Recordings

 1. Andante sostenuto (B major) (EU)
#719228 - 7.00MB - 5:02 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/67/V - 907×⇩ - MP3 - Lucas-coelho

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 2. Lento (A♭ major) (EU)
#719229 - 6.66MB - 4:48 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/67/V - 712×⇩ - MP3 - Lucas-coelho

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Lucas-coelho (2021/7/25)

Performer Pages Eugene Istomin (piano)
Publisher Info. Columbia Special Products, 1956. P 14197.
Copyright
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Misc. Notes Source: Internet Archive
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 1. Andante sostenuto (B major)
#401175 - 4.32MB - 4:43 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 6686×⇩ - MP3 - C. Stephan

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C. Stephan (2015/12/1)

Performer Pages Constantin Stephan (piano)
Publisher Info. Constantin Stephan
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 1. Andante sostenuto (B major)
#474377 - 5.35MB - 5:01 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 1420×⇩ - MP3 - Cypressdome

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Cypressdome (2017/6/3)

Performer Pages Frank Lévy (piano)
Publisher Info. Palo Alto: Musopen.
Copyright
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Misc. Notes Source: Musopen (lossless file also available)
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 2. Lento (A♭ major)
#474378 - 6.60MB - 5:46 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 3021×⇩ - MP3 - Cypressdome

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Cypressdome (2017/6/3)

Performer Pages Olga Gurevich (piano)
Publisher Info. Palo Alto: Musopen.
Copyright
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Misc. Notes Source: Musopen (lossless file also available)
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 2. Lento (A♭ major) (EU)
#707710 - 7.73MB - 4:45 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/67/V - 121×⇩ - MP3 - Lucas-coelho

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Lucas-coelho (2021/6/11)

Performer Pages Guiomar Novaes (piano)
Publisher Info. Nocturnes - Vox, 1956. PL 9632.
Reissue This is Novaes - Vox, 1957. SNP 1.
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Sheet Music

Scores

Complete

 Complete Score (full BNF resolution)
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Piupianissimo (2014/7/13)

Editor First edition (French)
Publisher. Info. Paris: Maurice Schlesinger, n.d.[1837]. Plate M.S. 2500.
Copyright
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Misc. Notes This file is based on high-resolution images obtained from the source using a method explained on this page.
Full BNF resolution compressed to 80% jpgs. (Possibly the first edition, possibly the second. NIFC gives December 1837 for Schlesinger and November 21 1837 for Wessel & Co. (London)'s edition, so a month or so at most separates the two publications.)
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 Complete Score
#114000 - 0.94MB, 8 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 21270×⇩ - Cypressdome

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Cypressdome (2011/8/18)

Editor Woldemar Bargiel (1828-1897)
Series editors
Publisher. Info. Friedrich Chopin's Werke. Band IV (pp.32-39)
Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, n.d.[1880]. Plate C. IV. 9–10.
Copyright
Public Domain [tag/del]
Misc. Notes The principal editor of the Nocturnes was Woldemar Bargiel. Publication date from Hofmeister's Verzeichnis. Original scans: 300dpi, grayscale jpg2000 images 3100 by 3900 pixels. Converted to black and white tif files, de-skewed, re-sampled to 600dpi, and set uniform margins.
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 Complete Score
#80840 - 0.80MB, 8 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 13939×⇩ - Cypressdome

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Cypressdome (2010/10/5)

Editor Theodor Kullak (1818-1882)
Translator Albert Ross Parsons (1847–1933)
Publisher. Info. Klavierwerke. Instructive Ausgabe, Vol.V: Nocturnes
Berlin: Schlesinger'sche Buch-und Musikhandlung, 1881. Plate S. 7290(9) and (10).
Co-issue - New York: G. Schirmer, 1881.
Copyright
Public Domain [tag/del]
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 Complete Score
#00464 - 0.62MB, 8 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 5200×⇩ - Feldmahler

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Feldmahler (2006/2/26)

Editor Karl Klindworth (1830-1916)
Xaver Scharwenka (1850-1924)
Publisher. Info. Oeuvres pour le piano, Vol.2: Nocturnes
London: Augener, No.6094, n.d.[1883]. Plate 8081.
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 Complete Score (Preview)
#48458 - 1.14MB, 10 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 8971×⇩ - piupianissimo

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Editor Carl Mikuli (1819-1897)
Publisher. Info. Complete Works for the Piano, Vol.4 (pp.42-51)
New York: G. Schirmer, 1894. Plate 11058-11059.
Reissue — 1934. Plate 36378.
Copyright
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Misc. Notes Scanned at 600dpi, cleaned with 2-point algorithm, additional manual cleaning.
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 Complete Score
#112742 - 1.25MB, 7 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 3291×⇩ - Cypressdome

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Cypressdome (2011/8/8)

Editor Herrmann Scholtz (1845-1918)
Publisher. Info. Sämtliche Pianoforte-Werke, Band I (pp.240–46)
Leipzig: C.F. Peters, n.d.[ca.1905]. Plate 9462.
Copyright
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 Complete Score
#112338 - 1.01MB, 10 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 2661×⇩ - Cypressdome

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Cypressdome (2011/8/5)

Editor Rafael Joseffy (1852-1915)
Publisher. Info. Complete Works for the Piano, Vol.4 (LMC 30): Nocturnes (pp.42-51)
New York: G. Schirmer, 1915. Plate 25438.
Copyright
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Misc. Notes Original scans: 300dpi, grayscale jpg2000 images 2600 by 3500 pixels. Converted to black and white tif files, de-skewed, re-sampled to 600dpi, and set uniform margins. For the title page and preface for volume 4 see Nocturnes, Op.9.
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 Complete Score
#368039 - 0.96MB, 12 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/C/33 - 940×⇩ - Worov

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Editor Alfred Cortot (1877-1962)
Publisher. Info. Paris: Maurice Senart, n.d.(ca.1916-22). Plate E.M.S. 5142.
Reprinted Paris: Salabert, 1945. - with possibly fraudulent copyright claim.
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Misc. Notes Includes comments in French
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 Complete Score (EU)
#706002 - 0.55MB, 10 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - C*/N*/V* - 1895×⇩ - Fugalicious

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 1. Andante sostenuto (B major) (EU)
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 2. Lento (A♭ major) (EU)
#706004 - 0.32MB, 6 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - C*/N*/V* - 1610×⇩ - Fugalicious

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Editor Jan Ekier (1913-2014)
Paweł Kamiński (b. 1958)
Publisher. Info. National Edition of the Works of Fryderyk Chopin, Series A, Vol.5 (pp.60-69)
Kraków: PWM, 1995. Plate PWM 9235.
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Misc. Notes 600 dpi. For information on fingering indications and a link to the source and performance commentary, see the link to the National Edition in the Publisher Information above.
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 Complete Score
#716973 - 0.26MB, 9 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 444×⇩ - Ksnortum

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Editor Knute Snortum (b. 1960)
Publisher. Info. Knute Snortum, 2021.
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Selections

 1. Andante sostenuto (B major)
#800066 - 0.73MB, 4 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 24×⇩ - Feduol

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Feduol (2022/7/22)

Editor Heinrich Germer (1837-1913)
Publisher. Info. Akademische Neuausgabe beliebter Klavierwerke, Vol.1 No.15
Leipzig: Friedrich Hofmeister, No.145, 1898. Plate G. 26.
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 1. Andante sostenuto (B major)
#605263 - 0.77MB, 4 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 46×⇩ - Morel

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Morel (2020/1/12)

Publisher. Info. Album Musica, No.70
Paris: Pierre Lafitte, 1908.
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 1. Andante sostenuto (B major)
#65040 - 1.64MB, 6 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 4988×⇩ - EHJ

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Editor Carl Mikuli (1819-1897)
Ephraim Hammett Jones
Engraver Ephraim Hammett Jones
Publisher. Info. Columbia, SC: Richard Johnson Editions, 2010.
Copyright
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Misc. Notes New typeset from Richard Johnson Editions of Karol Mikuli's authoritative version of the works of Chopin published by Kistner in 1879, researched and updated according to recent urtext editions. All works feature complete fingerings and very readable musical text. See title page of individual works for more information.
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 2. Lento (A♭ major)
#538232 - 1.60MB, 5 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 87×⇩ - Prisk4

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Publisher. Info. Oeuvres pour le piano, Vol.2: Nocturnes
London: Augener, No.6094, n.d.[1883]. Plate 8081.
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Arrangements and Transcriptions

Complete

For Violin and Piano (Wilhelmj)

 Complete Score and Violin Part
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Arranger August Wilhelmj (1845-1908)
Publisher. Info. Berlin: Schlesinger, n.d.(ca.1872). Plate S.6744-6745.
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Misc. Notes This file is from the MIT archive project.
Transposed to G major and E major
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For Cello and Piano (Grützmacher)

 1. Andante sostenuto - Complete Score and Cello Part
#24338 - 2.09MB, 8 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 1409×⇩ - Generoso

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 2. Lento - Complete Score and Cello Part
#24339 - 2.77MB, 11 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 1063×⇩ - Generoso

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Generoso (2008/11/12)

Arranger Leopold Grützmacher (1835-1900)
Publisher. Info. Braunschweig: Henry Litolff's Verlag, n.d.(ca.1900). Plate Collection Litolff No.1088.
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Andante sostenuto (No.1)

For Violin and Piano (Grünwald)

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Arranger Adolf Grünwald (1826-1901)
Publisher. Info. Berlin: Schlesinger, n.d. Plate S. 3892.
Copyright
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Misc. Notes Transposed to B-flat ma
No.1 of 2 célèbres Nocturnes Monatsbericht (1852), p.59
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For Violin and Piano (Wilhelmj)

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 Violin Part
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Arranger August Wilhelmj (1845-1908)
Publisher. Info. Berlin: Schlesinger, n.d. Plate S. 6744.
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For 2 Violins (Schubert)
See: Duos faciles et progressifs, Book 6 No.5
For Cello and Piano (Grützmacher)

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 Cello Part
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Arranger Friedrich Grützmacher (1832-1903)
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: C.F. Peters, n.d.(ca.1880). Plate 6301.
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For Guitar (Tárrega)

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Arranger Francisco Tárrega (1852-1909)
Publisher. Info. Holograph manuscript, 1909.
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Lento (No.2)

For Voice and Piano (Bordèse)
See: Œuvre célèbres de Chopin by Luigi Bordèse (No. 6)

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General Information

Work Title Deux Nocturnes
Alternative. Title
Name Translations 녹턴, Op. 32; Nocturnes, Op. 32; 夜曲Op. 32 (蕭邦); 2 Notturni op. 32; Nocturns op. 32; Nokturny op. 32; Nocturnes, opus 32; المقطوعة الحالمة Op.32; Νυχτερινά, Op. 32; Nocturne, Op. 32 (Chopin); Nocturnos, op. 32
Name Aliases المقطوعة الحالمة Op.٣٢ (شوبان)
Authorities WorldCat; Wikipedia; VIAF: 174015824; LCCN: no2001061988
Composer Chopin, Frédéric
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. Op.32 ; CT 116, 117
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. IFC 68
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 2 pieces:
  1. Andante sostenuto (B major)
  2. Lento (A-flat major)
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1836-37
First Publication. 1837 November (Wessel)
Dedication Madame Camile de Billing (Kamila Billing de Courbonne)
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Romantic
Piece Style Romantic
Instrumentation piano
Discography All Music Guide No.1
All Music Guide No.2
All Music Guide All
External Links Wikipedia article
Narodowy Instytut Fryderyka Chopina No.1
Narodowy Instytut Fryderyka Chopina No.2
Extra Locations Nocturnes edited by Raoul Pugno.
Extra Information NIFC has digital copies of two of the three first editions. The ending of the B major is very different between the M. Schlesinger and the (German) A. Schlesinger first editions, with the latter ending in B major (but this is not the only difference.)

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List of Intermediate Piano Repertoire
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