Clarinet Sonata No. 2 in E-flat major, Op. 120 No. 2
This guide follows Brahms’s Clarinet Sonata No. 2 in E-flat major, Op. 120 No. 2 (1894) in three parts: Allegro amabile (sonata form), Allegro appassionato (minuet and trio) and Andante con moto – Allegro (theme and variations).
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Follow all 22 sections as they play
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, E-flat major. The extends itself comfortably and does not avoid repetition, and its opening keeps coming back through the . A leads to the , marked sotto voce (in an undertone), with -like between clarinet and piano. In the quick arpeggiated triplets are prominent. Then the begins, and later the .
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Section boundaries in music are not always sharp; a transition may be felt over a pause or a held chord.
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