Eight Piano Pieces, No. 5: Capriccio, Op. 76 No. 5
This guide follows Brahms’s Eight Piano Pieces, No. 5: Capriccio, Op. 76 No. 5 (1878) in one part (theme and variations).
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, , C-sharp minor, 6/8. 1 pairs a rising right-hand tune with a figure, producing parallel sixths, and the tune moves in 3/4 over a bass in 6/8, so the rhythm pulls in two directions. 2 starts with repeated octaves, then bursts into lively figuration. The themes alternate like a , 1 returning three times and 2 once. A brief piles up chords and swells.
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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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