However, he was a prolific composer, who wrote in a number of genres – including symphonies, tone poems, incidental music, piano pieces and chamber works. The programme notes are correct in pointing out that German composed in a style that was fashionable at that time (late Victorian/Edwardian) – he was not a mould-breaker or musical prophet. Yet, he was a first-rate craftsman and had an uncanny ability to write good melodies – even if they tended to be a little sentimental. The Intermezzo is a fine example of this achievement. The melody and subsequent elaborations seem to unfold like a summer flower.