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Johannes Brahms

Ballade No. 4 in B major, Andante con moto, Op. 10  Play

Ivan Ilić Piano

Recorded on 04/28/2010, uploaded on 12/11/2010

Musician's or Publisher's Notes

The title Ballade was first used for a piano piece by Chopin in 1836. Eventually he would compose four such works, in which the form is based on thematic development organized in a rather free, rhapsodic manner. Unlike Chopin's Ballades, Brahms' examples feature clear formal structures. Cast in an overall three-part (ABA) structure, Brahm's Ballades feature divisions within their larger sections.

Composed during the summer of 1854, the Four Ballades, Op. 10, were published in 1856 and are dedicated to lifelong friend Julius Otto Grimm.  Today, the final ballade of the set, marked Andante con moto, will be played.    

Ivan Ilić