Seven Fantasies for piano (Fantasien), No. 5: Intermezzo, Op. 116 No. 5
This guide follows Brahms’s Seven Fantasies for piano (Fantasien), No. 5: Intermezzo, Op. 116 No. 5 (1892) in one part.
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Follow all 3 sections as they play
: ed 0:02–3:03
Sighing two-note phrases over dissonant harmony open the piece and make the beat hard to feel. In the second part the music is more consoling and the metre becomes clear. The opening idea is then restated in a new , and a short turns to the major mode and closes softly.
- Part 1
- 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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