Four Ballades for piano, No. 2, Op. 10 No. 2
This guide follows Brahms’s Four Ballades for piano, No. 2, Op. 10 No. 2 (1854) in one part.
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Follow all 5 sections as they play
0:04–7:06
in D major, 4/4, with a -like tune over a gently syncopated accompaniment. Then the music turns to B minor and the pace doubles; this first stretch of the is angry. Next the changes to 6/4 and the music becomes lighter, though no less intense. A re- leads back, and in the final section the opening tune and settles in D major, with B major also in play.
- A Section--: D major
- B minor
Section boundaries in music are not always sharp; a transition may be felt over a pause or a held chord.
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