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This Valsa Chôro No. 11 sits between a dance and a wistful reverie, alternating sprightly rhythmic passages with veiled cantilena to create a mood that is both folksy and slightly blurred. Technically, pay special attention to the Polyrhythmie 2 contre 3 (3.1/5) — in practice that means keeping a steady binary pulse in one hand while articulating ternary groupings in the other, requiring independent hand control and consistent placement — and to the Style impressionniste (3.1/5), which calls for very subtle pedaling and soft dynamic shading to achieve the harmonic washes and timbral colors. The piece belongs to Mignone’s modern period, where he blends Brazilian popular elements with contemporary harmonic language, and it is one of his shorter piano pieces in the catalogue. I do not provide a reference performance here for caution, as I am not fully certain of a specific definitive recording.