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Schicksalslied, Op. 54
This guide follows Brahms’s Schicksalslied, Op. 54 (1871) in one part.
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A single in three connected parts. It opens with a slow orchestral prelude () in E-flat major over a timpani (a repeated drum pattern), and in section A the chorus enters, (always sweet), for the stanzas about the gods. In section B the begins in C minor, with agitated strings, hard accents and dissonances for the suffering mortals. The is an for orchestra alone, in C major, where a flute takes up the prelude.
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Section boundaries in music are not always sharp; a transition may be felt over a pause or a held chord.
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