Multiple Choice

Question

Click on the play button below to listen to an excerpt of the second movement from Brahms’s Piano Concerto No. 2.

It’s interesting that Brahms referred to this movement as a “very small, pretty scherzo” because
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Responses

it was unusual to write a scherzo as part of a concerto.
it was unusual to write a scherzo as part of a concerto.

the movement lacks the lighthearted quality typically associated with a scherzo.
the movement lacks the lighthearted quality typically associated with a scherzo.

the descriptions “very small” and “pretty” contrast with the stormy character of the piece.
the descriptions “very small” and “pretty” contrast with the stormy character of the piece.

all of the above

Answer 1

all of the above