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Of 1827 we have also a Mazurka in A minor, Op.

68, No.2.It is simple and rustic, and at the same time graceful.

The trio (poco piu mosso), the more original portion of the Mazurka, reappears in a slightly altered form in later mazurkas.

It is these foreshadowings of future beauties, that make these early works so interesting.

The above-mentioned three polonaises are full of phrases, harmonic, progressions, &c., which are subsequently reutilised in a.