Impromptu No. 2 (Chopin)
Frédéric Chopin's Impromptu No. 2 in F♯ major, Op. 36 was composed in 1839 and published in the following year.
Music
The Impromptu begins with a nocturne-esque chord. The piece is in the less commonly used key of F♯ major, which is used in very few major compositions in the Romantic era, such as Ludwig van Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 24 and Chopin's famous Barcarolle.
References
Huneker, James (1909). Chopin: the man and his music. New York: C. Scribner's Sons. pp. 239–240.
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