Description & Musical Analysis
Frédéric Chopin’s posthumous Waltz in A Minor, B.150 pairs a gently turning accompaniment with a lyrical melody, making this compact Romantic piano work a rewarding study in phrasing and left-hand pulse.
How to Play & Trivia
A posthumous waltz
Published after Chopin’s death, the Waltz in A Minor, B.150 carries the lilting sway of a piano waltz through a compact, expressive score. Its melody invites a measured touch, while the accompaniment keeps the dance moving.
Follow the melody
This complete piano MIDI lasts about 1 minute 50 seconds and contains 615 notes across a range from A1 to E7. Listen for the melody above the bass pulse, then slow playback to hear how each phrase settles before the next begins.
Score and source
The playable edition is based on PDMX record 6237086. Its score metadata is marked Creative Commons Zero 1.0; the PDMX dataset compilation is licensed CC BY 4.0. Credit for the dataset compilation goes to Phillip Long, Zachary Novack, Julian McAuley, and Taylor Berg-Kirkpatrick. [View the score edition](https://tunvox.com/zh/sheets/waltz-in-a-minor-b-150-2-frederic-chopin) · [Open the PDMX record](https://zenodo.org/records/15571083) · [Read the CC0 1.0 terms](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) · [Read the CC BY 4.0 terms](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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