Three Intermezzi for piano, No. 1, Op. 117 No. 1
This guide follows Brahms’s Three Intermezzi for piano, No. 1, Op. 117 No. 1 (1892) in one part.
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Follow all 3 sections as they play
0:01–5:04
The opens in E-flat major, with the tune in an inner voice of the right hand, rocked by a soft accompaniment. Then the music turns to E-flat minor for the central section, which darkens the mood. The opening in E-flat major. This the accompaniment moves in gently leaping chords and then in a rippling inner pattern, and the tune is heard again in its original .
- A Section--: E-flat major
- E-flat minor
Section boundaries in music are not always sharp; a transition may be felt over a pause or a held chord.
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