Classical Composer: | Beethoven, Ludwig van |
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Work: | 6 Variations on an Original Theme in F Major, Op. 34 |
Year Composed: | 1802 |
Instrumentation: | pf |
Publishers: |
Breitkopf & Härtel Universal Edition |
Duration: | 00:13:00 |
Period: | Classical (1750-1830) |
Work Category: | Instrumental |
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The Six Variations on an Original Theme, Opus 34, were written in 1802 and dedicated to Princess Odescalchi, who before her marriage to the Pressburg nobleman Prince Innocenzo d'Erba-Odescalchi, had been, as Countess Babette Keglevich, a pupil of Beethoven. Other works written for her were the E flat Piano Sonata, Op. 7, the Variations 'La stessa, la stessima' and the First Piano Concerto. The Adagio F major theme is followed by an elaborately decorated D major variation, an Allegro excursion into the key of B flat, a G major Allegro and an E flat Tempo di Menuetto. The fifth variation is a March in C minor and the final variation starts as a compound rhythm Allegretto, leading to an Adagio that the composer's pupil Ries claims he was compelled to play through seventeen times, before the cadenza satisfied his teacher, who displayed, in these lessons, an unusual degree of patience.
Writer: Keith Anderson
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