Seven Fantasies for piano (Fantasien), No. 4: Intermezzo, Op. 116 No. 4
This guide follows Brahms’s Seven Fantasies for piano (Fantasien), No. 4: Intermezzo, Op. 116 No. 4 (1892) in one part.
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Follow all 4 sections as they play
: 0:02–4:46
An in E major, slow and tender. The music grows from one short opening into a gentle melody. The timeline marks four parts: a livelier middle stretch contrasts with the calm outer parts, the comes back in decorated form, and the last part restates an expressive idea in plain harmony.
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- 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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