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Scherzo in E-flat minor for piano, Op. 4

18519 min

This guide follows Brahms’s Scherzo in E-flat minor for piano, Op. 4 (1851) in one part (minuet and trio).

Recording: Krystian Zimerman (piano) (1980)

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Minuet and trio0:03–9:25

(quick and fiery) in E-flat minor. The has a skittish in fast triple metre, in two parts. I turns to E-flat major, quiet and playful, and has a second part. II, in B major, is fuller and more regal, also with a second part. After a the , again with a second part, and then the starts.

  1. Part 1
  2. Part 2

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

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