Three Intermezzi (Brahms)
The Drei Intermezzi op.117 are a collection of character pieces for piano by Johannes Brahms from 1892 .
Characteristic
The three pieces are based on an introverted and thoughtful mood. The motto of the first intermezzo is preceded by the opening lines of a Scottish lullaby published by Johann Gottfried Herder in the voices of the peoples in songs , occasionally all three pieces by Brahms were also referred to as "lullabies of my pains".
The pieces are often played together.
The pieces
- No. 1 in E flat major. Andante moderato
![{\ new PianoStaff << \ new Staff {<< \ relative bes' {\ key es \ major \ time 6/8 \ partial 8 \ set Score.tempoHideNote = ## t \ tempo 8 = 100 \ slurUp bes8 (_ \ markup {\ dynamic p \ italic \ whiteout dolce} \ stemUp <es, es'> 4 <es es'> 8 <es es'> 4) <es es'> 8 (es'4 es8 <es, es'> 4) <es es '> 8 (<es es'> 4 <es es '> 8 <es es'> 4) <es es '> 8 (es'4 d8 es4)} \ relative bes' {\ key es \ major \ time 6/8 \ partial 8 \ stemDown \ dotsDown s8 \ once \ override NoteColumn.force-hshift = # 1.7 es8 dc bes4 as16 g f8 es g bes4 \ once \ override NoteColumn.force-hshift = # 1.4 c16 d \ once \ override NoteColumn.force-hshift = # 1.7 es8 dc bes4 as16 g bes8 es, \ once \ override Stem.length = # 5 \ slashedGrace g8 f es8. } >>} \ new Staff \ relative es, {\ clef bass \ key es \ major \ time 6/8 \ partial 8 es8 <es' g> 4 <es g> 8 <es g> 4 es, 8 <es 'g> 4 <es g> 8 <es g> 4 g ,, 8 <g' es' g> 4 <g es' g> 8 <g es' g> 4 bes, 8 <bes' g '> 4 <bes as'> 8 <es g> 4} >>}](https://upload.wikimedia.org/score/r/7/r7hajf7ned5lmbkymhhte0kulqslyoi/r7hajf7n.png)
- No. 2 in B flat minor. Andante non troppo e con molta espressione
![{\ new PianoStaff << \ new Staff = "right" {<< \ relative des '' {\ key bes \ minor \ time 3/8 \ partial 32 * 5 \ set Score.tempoHideNote = ## t \ tempo 8 = 70 \ stemUp \ phrasingSlurUp des32 \ ((_ \ markup {\ dynamic p \ italic dolce} c) [ges c, c '(] bes32) f bes, \) b' \ rest b16. \ Rest bes32 \ ((c ) [ges c, c '(] f32) bes, f \) d' \ rest d16. \ rest} \ relative bes' {\ key bes \ minor \ time 3/8 \ partial 32 * 5 s32 s8 \ stemDown bes8 ss f'8} >>} \ new Staff = "left" {\ clef bass \ relative es, {\ key bes \ minor \ time 3/8 \ partial 32 * 5 r32 _ \ markup {\ italic "col" \ musicglyph # "pedal.Ped"} es16 r des16 r32 e '(f [bes \ change Staff = "right" f')] \ change Staff = "left" r32 es ,,! 16 r des16 r32 a '' (bes [\ change Staff = "right" f 'bes)]}} >>}](https://upload.wikimedia.org/score/6/q/6qt6xa47w24nom692z45d8qhkvkkf3x/6qt6xa47.png)
- No. 3 in c sharp minor. Andante con moto
![{\ new PianoStaff << \ new Staff = "right" {<< \ relative cis' {\ key cis \ minor \ time 2/4 \ partial 8 \ set Score.tempoHideNote = ## t \ tempo 4 = 64 cis16 ( \ (_ \ markup {\ whiteout {\ italic "molto" \ dynamic "p" \ italic "e sotto voce semper"}} dis) e8 dis16 (e) dis8 \) cis16 (\ (dis) fis16 (e) dis (e) dis8 \) e16 (\ (f sharp) g sharp8 f sharp16 (g sharp) a8 g sharp16 (a) b8 g sharp16 (a) f sharp8 \) \ slurUp \ phrasingSlurUp g sharp16 (\ (\> e) <b dis> 8. \! <a cis> 16 <gis to> 8 \)} \ relative gis {\ key cis \ minor \ time 2/4 \ partial 8 \ stemDown s8 s2 * 3 s4. <gis cis> 8} >>} \ new Staff = "left" {<< \ clef bass \ relative cis {\ key cis \ minor \ time 2/4 \ partial 8 \ stemUp s8 s2 * 3 s4. <cis e> 8} \ relative cis, {\ key cis \ minor \ time 2/4 \ partial 8 \ phrasingSlurDown <cis cis'> 16 (\ (<dis dis'>) <e e '> 8 <dis dis '> 16 (<e e'>) <dis dis '> 8 \) <cis cis'> 16 (\ (<dis dis '>) <fis fis'> 16 (<e e '>) <dis dis' > (<e e '>) <dis dis'> 8 \) <e e'> 16 (\ (<fis fis'>) <gis gis'> 8 <fis fis'> 16 (<gis gis'>) <a a'> 8 <gis gis '> 16 (<a a'>) <b b'> 8 <gis gis '> 16 (<a a'>) \ stemDown \ slurDown <fis fis'> 8 \) e16 (g sharp) \ stemUp <f sharp f sharp '> 8 (<dis dis'>) g sharp} >>} >>}](https://upload.wikimedia.org/score/q/h/qhwvxf80na30mnetpd433mzn4w2pf2w/qhwvxf80.png)
Individual evidence
Web links
- http://www.capriccio-kulturforum.de/musik-fuer-tasteninstrumente-klavier-orgel/3528-johannes-brahms-drei-intermezzi-op-117/ (text)
- 3 Intermezzi Op. 117 : Sheet music and audio files in the International Music Score Library Project
- All three intermezzi in three different free audio interpretations to choose from (sound)