G. Henle Verlag 3 Intermezzi, Op. 117 Henle Music Folios Softcover Composed by Johannes Brahms Edited by Katrin Eich

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. The new edition of these moderately difficult Intermezzi (level of difficulty 5/6) has now been revised following the musical text of the Brahms Complete Edition, and has fingerings by Andreas Boyde.