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Four Ballades for piano, No. 3: Intermezzo, Op. 10 No. 3

18544 min

This guide follows Brahms’s Four Ballades for piano, No. 3: Intermezzo, Op. 10 No. 3 (1854) in one part.

Recording: Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli (piano) (1981)

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Follow all 5 sections as they play

: 0:08–4:03

in B minor and 6/8, with the nervous energy of a . The A section opens with restless, questioning rhythms. The B section moves to F-sharp major and the sound turns mysterious and light, high in the keyboard. A re- prepares the , and the opening music comes back as A'. A final part then brings the piece to its .

  1. A Section
  2. B Section --F-sharp 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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