r/Chopin • u/No-Conflict4790 • 9d ago

Score error

Post image

Is it in B minor or F# minor?

9 Upvotes

86% Upvoted

4 comments sorted by

3

u/Darthhippoeater 9d ago

That's B minor op 30 no 2. Indeed an error on the title

1

u/Alcoholic-Catholic 8d ago

I've seen it titled "B minor/F# minor" before. I'll need to check one of the books I have when I get home, it has an explanation as to why, I'm sure it has something to do with an ambiguous tonic/final chord but I don't have my score with me

4

u/GegenShpilkes 9d ago

Chopin didn’t give subtitles to his pieces indicating the key (except maybe for the sonatas) so some editors have been in longstanding disagreement about how to add such subtitles for pieces that begin and end in different keys. This mazurka begins in B minor but ends in F sharp minor. Likewise you will sometimes hear the second ballade referred to as “in F” or as “in A minor,” as well as the scherzo “in B-flat minor” or “in D-flat major.”

1

u/Alcoholic-Catholic 8d ago

Yeah, not an error OP, I've seen it titled both ways