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The final variation in each section is virtuosic and climactic. Brahms intended the work to be more than simply a set of theme and variations; each variation also has the characteristic of a study. He published it as Studies for Pianoforte: Variations on a Theme of Paganini. The work was dedicated to the piano virtuoso Carl Tausig. It is well ...
James Barnes: Fantasy Variations on a Theme by Niccolò Paganini (concert band; the theme is the Caprice No. 24) Boris Blacher: Variations on a Theme by Paganini (orchestra; 1947) Hans Bottermund: Variations on a Theme by Paganini (solo cello) Johannes Brahms: Variations on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 35 (piano; 1863)
The Variations retain most of Paganini's original material for solo violin. [1] As Paganini's original composition, it is structured as a theme with variations, presenting the theme, a total of twelve variations, and a final coda. The additional twelfth variation before the coda is Lutosławski's only structural alteration in the piece.
Brahms: Variations on a Theme of Paganini (Op. 35), manuscript sketches elaborated on (given a more virtuosic flavor) by Tausig and returned to Brahms for completion (c1862-63) Chopin: Étude (Op. 10 No. 2) [reconstructed] (c1862-63) Chopin: Étude (Op. 25 No. 2), transcription in double notes (sixths and thirds in the right hand) [lost ...
Paganini in Metropolis for Clarinet and Wind Symphony (2001), also for Clarinet and Orchestra (2002) Manuel Quiroga – 9 Variations on Paganini's Caprice No. 24, 12 Variations on Paganini's Caprice No. 24, both for violin and piano; Sergei Rachmaninoff – Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43 (1934), a set of 24 variations for piano and ...
A. 1b/1-36: Various performance materials to works by other composers see [6] for list A. 2a/1-29: Various lost works see [6] for list A. 2b/1-7: Various lost arrangements by Brahms of other composers' works see [6] for list A. 3/14-19: Various sketches and sketchbooks see [6] for list A. 5a/1-3: Various collections of folk songs, notated by Brahms
Niccolò Paganini was born in Genoa (then capital of the Republic of Genoa) on 27 October 1782, the third of the six children of Antonio and Teresa (née Bocciardo) Paganini. [1]: 11 Antonio Paganini was an unsuccessful ship chandler, [2] but he managed to supplement his income by working as a musician and by selling mandolins.
Paganiana: variations for piano four-hands (1968) [1] Emmanuel Chabrier (1841–1894) Pas redoublé (Cortège burlesque) (1881) Prélude et marche française (1885) Souvenirs de Munich, Quadrille sur les thèmes favoris de Tristan et Isolde de Richard Wagner (1887) Muzio Clementi (1752–1832) 3 Duets, Op. 3, No. 1-3 (1779) Duet, Op. 6, No. 1 ...