Intermezzo in b minor (Adagio), Op. 119, No. 1 Johannes Brahms
The three Intermezzi presented here were
published with a fourth piece-a rhapsody-to make up Johannes Brahms' opus
119. The term Intermezzo comes from
the 18th Century, where it referred to a comic work presented
between acts of a serious opera. But by
Brahms' time, it was an umbrella term for any lyrical, smaller-scale work. He completed these pieces during his summer
holiday in Austria in 1893. The first
intermezzo was written in May and the following pieces finished in June. Alon Goldstein
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Intermezzo in b minor (Adagio), Op. 119, No. 1 Johannes Brahms
The three Intermezzi presented here were published with a fourth piece-a rhapsody-to make up Johannes Brahms' opus 119. The term Intermezzo comes from the 18th Century, where it referred to a comic work presented between acts of a serious opera. But by Brahms' time, it was an umbrella term for any lyrical, smaller-scale work. He completed these pieces during his summer holiday in Austria in 1893. The first intermezzo was written in May and the following pieces finished in June. Alon Goldstein
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