3 Intermezzi, Op. 117 - Piano

The three popular Intermezzi Op. 117 can be seen as the epitome of Brahms' late work for piano. Clara Schumann confessed: "In these pieces I at last feel musical life stir once again in my soul." Brahms reacted, as he often did, in a rather brusque manner. Although he sometimes described the three Intermezzi as being Wiegenlieder (lullabies), he formally rejected this title. It should then say: lullaby of an unhappy mother or of a disconsolate bachelor. This edition of these moderately difficult Intermezzi (level of difficulty 5/6) was revised following the musical text of the Brahms Complete Edition, and has fingerings by Andreas Boyde.