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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)
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 ...
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 ...
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
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.
After a brief introduction, the first variation is played before the theme. [3] Paganini's theme is stated on strings with the piano picking out salient notes, after the first variation. Rachmaninoff likely got the idea of having a variation before the theme from the finale of Beethoven's Eroica symphony. [4]
The pieces are all based on some of the Caprices (Nos. 6/5, 17, 1, 9, and 24) and concertos (No. 2/1) by Niccolò Paganini for violin, and are among the most technically demanding pieces in pianistics (especially the original versions, before Liszt revised them, thinning the textures and removing some of the more outrageous technical difficulties).