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F-A-E Sonata: Scherzo in C minor, WoO 2

18536 min

This guide follows Brahms’s F-A-E Sonata: Scherzo in C minor, WoO 2 (1853) in one part (minuet and trio).

Recording: David Oistrakh (violin), Vsevolod Petrushansky (piano) (1965)

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Minuet and trio0:01–5:33

, C minor, 6/8. The is a fast, lilting and driving . The brings a more lyrical in the major , with echoes of the 's triplet motion. The in C minor, and a large, grand closes the in the major .

Section boundaries in music are not always sharp; a transition may be felt over a pause or a held chord.

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