Ballade No. 2 in B minor, S. 171
This guide follows Liszt’s Ballade No. 2 in B minor, S. 171 (1853) in one part (sonata form).
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Sonata form0:02–12:30
. The ominous first opens the piece, and the lyrical follows. Both are then heard again. An starts the stormy , the , where the themes are broken up and recombined. The first in the and again later in it, where a program note hears it as a solemn in B major. The then leads to the quiet .
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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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