Intermezzo

E938017

character piece piano piece

"Intermezzo" is the second of Johannes Brahms's Six Pieces for Piano, Op. 118, a lyrical and introspective character piece for solo piano.

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Surface form	Occurrences
Intermezzo, Op. 118 No. 2 (Brahms)	0

Statements (42)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	character piece ⓘ piano piece ⓘ
approximateCompositionYear	1893 ⓘ
catalogue	Brahms Op. 118 ⓘ
character	introspective ⓘ lyrical ⓘ
commonUse	encore piece ⓘ teaching piece for musical expression ⓘ
composer	Johannes Brahms NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfFirstPublication	Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ
cycleSize	6 ⓘ
cycleTitle	Six Pieces for Piano NERFINISHED ⓘ
dedicationSharedWithCycle	Clara Schumann NERFINISHED ⓘ
difficultyLevel	advanced piano ⓘ
form	ternary-like form ⓘ
genre	Romantic piano music ⓘ
instrumentation	solo piano ⓘ
key	A major ⓘ
languageOfTitle	Italian ⓘ
movementNumber	2 ⓘ
notableFeature	expressive melodic line ⓘ rich inner voicing ⓘ subtle rhythmic displacement ⓘ
opusNumber	Op. 118 No. 2 ⓘ
partOf	Six Pieces for Piano, Op. 118 NERFINISHED ⓘ
period	Romantic era ⓘ
placeInComposerOutput	late piano work ⓘ
publisher	N. Simrock NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedWorkInCycle	Ballade in G minor, Op. 118 No. 3 NERFINISHED ⓘ Intermezzo in A minor, Op. 118 No. 1 NERFINISHED ⓘ Intermezzo in E-flat minor, Op. 118 No. 6 NERFINISHED ⓘ Intermezzo in F minor, Op. 118 No. 4 NERFINISHED ⓘ Romanze in F major, Op. 118 No. 5 NERFINISHED ⓘ
styleCharacteristic	dense yet transparent textures ⓘ late Brahms harmonic language ⓘ subtle rubato and phrasing emphasis ⓘ
tempoMarking	Andante teneramente ⓘ
texture	predominantly homophonic ⓘ
typicalDuration	about 6 minutes ⓘ
typicalPerformanceContext	concert repertoire ⓘ recital repertoire ⓘ study repertoire for advanced pianists ⓘ

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Six Pieces for Piano, Op. 118 → piece2Title → Intermezzo ⓘ