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Six Piano Pieces (Klavierstücke), No. 1: Intermezzo, Op. 118 No. 1

18932 min

This guide follows Brahms’s Six Piano Pieces (Klavierstücke), No. 1: Intermezzo, Op. 118 No. 1 (1893) in one part.

Recording: Radu Lupu (piano) (1976)

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Follow all 4 sections as they play

: , ma 0:01–1:40

Stormy and driven. The opening suggests F major as much as A minor, so the stays unsettled. Part B follows, Part A , and then the starts. A falling melodic shape runs through the piece, and only the final chord, which is major, settles the .

  1. Opening
  2. Part B

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

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