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Sonata in F minor for two pianos, Op. 34b

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This guide follows Brahms’s Sonata in F minor for two pianos, Op. 34b (1864) in four parts: Allegro non troppo (sonata form), Andante, un poco Adagio, Scherzo: Allegro (minuet and trio) and Finale: Poco sostenuto – Allegro non troppo (sonata form).

Recording: Clara Mijung Shin, Samuel Sangwook Park (pianos) (2015)

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Follow all 49 sections as they play

  1. I · Sonata form
  2. II,
  3. III: · Minuet and trio
  4. IV: – · Sonata form
I Sonata form0:35–12:08

A dark -form in F minor: the starts as a tentative line that soon asserts itself. A leads to the , built from the figure of the first, and then the closes. The and the follow. In the a peaceful passage in F major is cut short by the stormy .

  1. : 1
  2. :
II, 12:10–20:40
III: Minuet and trio20:48–27:38
IV: – Sonata form27:53–37:33

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

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Johannes BrahmsPianoRomantic periodF minorSonata formMinuet and trio

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