Piano Trio No. 2 in C major, Op. 87
This guide follows Brahms’s Piano Trio No. 2 in C major, Op. 87 (1882) in four parts: Allegro (moderato) (sonata form), Andante con moto (theme and variations), Scherzo: Presto (minuet and trio) and Finale: Allegro giocoso (sonata form).
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Follow all 49 sections as they play
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- II
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() in C major, 3/4, in form. The strings often play in and carry as much of the music as the piano, while shifting lines and hemiolas (regroupings of the beat) blur the rhythm. 1 comes first, a leads to 2, and then the closes. The and the follow, with 2 in C major. Last comes a marked .
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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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