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Where did Chopin derive this nocturnal style?—oddly enough, from the arias found in the Italian bel canto opera (“beautiful singing” opera; see Chap- te♭r 13) that he heard when he first arrived in Paris in 1831. In the Nocturne in E major (1832), the beautiful song always sounds in the top (soprano) register. At the end, Chopin adds an elaborate, vocal-like cadenza that leads to the final tonic chord. Then, as this chord softly repeats, the nocturnal world dissolves.
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