Eight Piano Pieces, No. 1: Capriccio, Op. 76 No. 1
This guide follows Brahms’s Eight Piano Pieces, No. 1: Capriccio, Op. 76 No. 1 (1871) in one part.
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Follow all 5 sections as they play
: 0:01–3:13
, F-sharp minor, 6/8. Waves of flowing sixteenth notes give the opening a restless, threatening surface that surges into a bright C-sharp major whirl, and a four-note figure keeps returning in different forms. At 2 a wistful singing melody enters while the accompaniment keeps the flowing motion going. The and a Third Section follow, and then the wistful 2 .
- First Section
- 2
Section boundaries in music are not always sharp; a transition may be felt over a pause or a held chord.
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