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Three Intermezzi for piano, No. 2, Op. 117 No. 2

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This guide follows Brahms’s Three Intermezzi for piano, No. 2, Op. 117 No. 2 (1892) in one part (ternary form).

Recording: Grigory Sokolov (piano)

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e Ternary form0:01–4:13

The is a rippling pattern of broken chords in B-flat minor, with the melody only half heard inside it. A clearer, more songlike melody arrives with the . A short leads to an altered of the first idea. The then comes back, and it also supplies the material for the .

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

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