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of the "Berceuse" echos a song that Chopin may have heard in his childhood, "
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196:Już miesiąć zeszedł, psy się uśpily
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871:), P. 2/13
802:Album Leaf
388:Wiegenlied
373:References
349:Literature
339:Barcarolle
313:Jim Samson
295:media help
271:"Berceuse"
208:variations
144:variations
110:Dedication
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60:Other name
1107:Lullabies
996:Nocturnes
932:Hexameron
852:Cherubini
827:Cantabile
817:), B. 117
808:Andantino
622:Autograph
461:12 August
226:Variantes
217:variantes
152:Variantes
138:57, is a
118:Published
65:Variantes
1017:Scherzos
1010:Preludes
989:Mazurkas
968:Ballades
935:, B. 113
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910:, B. 109
907:♭
898:♭
889:♭
880:♭
864:♭
841:♭
832:♭
778:, Op. 60
773:♯
766:, Op. 57
761:♭
754:, Op. 49
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740:, Op. 43
735:♭
728:, Op. 19
720:, Op. 12
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102:Composed
31:Berceuse
21:Berceuse
1024:Waltzes
955:, B. 14
940:Rossini
926:, B. 37
717:Ludovic
173:History
140:lullaby
105:1843/44
1057:Portal
982:Études
814:Wiosna
725:Boléro
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