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Variations On A Theme (other)
Variations on a Theme may refer to: * Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge * Carmen Variations (Horowitz), subtitled "Variations on a Theme from ''Carmen''" * Variations on a Theme of Chopin (Mompou) * Variations on a Theme of Chopin (Rachmaninoff) * Variations on a Theme of Corelli * Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel * Variations on a Theme by Haydn * Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Hiller * Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Mozart * Introduction and Variations on a Theme by Mozart (Sor) * Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell, subtitled The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra * Variations, Interlude and Finale on a Theme by Rameau * Variations on a Theme by Tchaikovsky (Arensky) * Variations on a Theme by William Carlos Williams, a poem by Kenneth Koch * ''Variations on a Theme'' (Om album) * ''Variations on a Theme'' (David Thomas album) * Variations on a Theme Publishing * ''Variation on a Theme'' (play), a 1958 work by the British writer Tere ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Variations On A Theme Of Frank Bridge
''Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge'', Opus number, Op. 10, is a work for string orchestra by Benjamin Britten. It was written in 1937 at the request of Boyd Neel, who conducted his orchestra at the premiere of the work at that year's Salzburg Festival. It was the work that brought Britten to international attention. Background Benjamin Britten studied with Frank Bridge from 1927. In 1932 he began writing a set of variations on a theme from one of Bridge's works, as a tribute to his teacher, but he was distracted by other matters and the work went nowhere. In May 1937, the organisers of the Salzburg Festival invited Boyd Neel and his orchestra to perform three works at that year's Festival, in August, only three months away. One of those works had to be a previously unperformed work by a British composer. Neel knew Britten from having conducted his film score for ''Love from a Stranger (1937 film), Love from a Stranger'' in 1936, so he asked him to write a new work for a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Variations On A Theme Publishing
Variations on a Theme - Private Label Publishing aka 'Variations on a Theme LLC' is a publishing company in Ramsey, Minnesota (near Minneapolis) which concentrates on making publisher-selected previously published works available in electronic or print formats. Authors are paid royalties after setup costs earn-out. Writers currently contributing content include Grant Carrington, Robert James, C. Sanford Lowe, G. David Nordley, and D. H. Rule. Categories of work published as of 2013 include history, popular culture, and science fiction Science fiction (often shortened to sci-fi or abbreviated SF) is a genre of speculative fiction that deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts. These concepts may include information technology and robotics, biological manipulations, space .... Retrieved 18 Oct 2013 [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Variation (other)
Variation or Variations may refer to: Science and mathematics * Variation (astronomy), any perturbation of the mean motion or orbit of a planet or satellite, particularly of the moon * Genetic variation, the difference in DNA among individuals or the differences between populations ** Human genetic variation, genetic differences in and among populations of humans * Magnetic variation, difference between magnetic north and true north, measured as an angle * ''p''-variation in mathematical analysis, a family of seminorms of functions * Coefficient of variation in probability theory and statistics, a standardized measure of dispersion of a probability distribution or frequency distribution * Total variation in mathematical analysis, a way of quantifying the change in a function over a subset of \mathbb^n or a measure space * Calculus of variations in mathematical analysis, a method of finding maxima and minima of functionals Arts * Variation (ballet) or pas seul, solo dance o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Variation (music)
In music, variation is a musical form, formal technique where material is musical repetition, repeated in an altered form. The changes may involve melody, rhythm, harmony, counterpoint, timbre, orchestration or any combination of these. Variation is often contrasted with musical Development (music), development, which is a slightly different means to the same end. Variation depends upon ''one'' type of presentation at a time, while development is carried out upon portions of material treated in ''many'' different presentations and combinations at a time. Variation techniques Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Mozart's Twelve Variations on "Ah vous dirai-je, Maman" (1785), a French folk song known in the English-speaking world as "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star", exemplifies a number of common variation techniques. Here are the first eight bars of the theme: Melodic variation Mozart's first variation decorates and elaborates the plain melodic line: Rhythmic variation The fifth variat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Variations On A Theme By Another Composer
Many classical and later composers have written compositions in the form of variations on a theme by another composer. This is an incomplete list of such works, sorted by the name of the original composer. The list does not include variations written on composers' own or original themes, or on folk, traditional or anonymous melodies. Many of these works are called simply "Variations on a Theme of/by ...". Other works, which often involve substantial development or transformation of the base material, may have more fanciful titles such as ''Caprice'', ''Fantasy'', ''Paraphrase'', ''Reminiscences'', ''Rhapsody'', etc. These other types of treatments are not listed here unless there is evidence that they include variations on a theme. Adam de la Halle * Rolande Falcinelli: Variations sur un rondeau d'Adam de la Halle (from 14 Études insérées dans l' à l'orgue) Adolphe Adam * Henri Herz: Fantaisie et variations sur deux motifs du '' Postillon de Lonjumeau'', Op. 94 (piano) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Variations For Orchestra (Balanchine)
''Variations for Orchestra'' is the last ballet made by New York City Ballet co-founder and founding choreographer George Balanchine to Igor Stravinsky's Variations: Aldous Huxley in memoriam (1963–64). The premiere took place on Friday, 2 July 1982 at the New York State Theater, Lincoln Center. Original cast *Suzanne Farrell Suzanne Farrell (born August 16, 1945) is a former American ballerina and the founder of the Suzanne Farrell Ballet at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. Farrell began her ballet training as a child in Cincinnati. In 1960, she received a ... Reviews NY Times reviewby Jack Anderson, 4 July 1982 {{Balanchine ballets Ballets by George Balanchine Ballets to the music of Igor Stravinsky 1982 ballets New York City Ballet Stravinsky Centennial Celebration New York City Ballet repertory ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Variations (ballet)
''Variations'' is a ballet made by New York City Ballet co-founder and founding choreographer George Balanchine to Stravinsky's Variations: Aldous Huxley in memoriam (1963–64). The premiere took place on Thursday, 31 March 1966 at the New York State Theater, Lincoln Center; Balanchine made a new version for City Ballet's 1982 Stravinsky Centennial Celebration. Cast Original * Suzanne Farrell Reviews NY Times reviewby Clive Barnes Clive Alexander Barnes (13 May 1927 – 19 November 2008) was an English writer and critic. From 1965 to 1977, he was the dance and theater critic for ''The New York Times'', and, from 1978 until his death, the ''New York Post''. Barnes had sign ..., 1 April 1966 {{Balanchine ballets Ballets by George Balanchine Ballets to the music of Igor Stravinsky 1966 ballets New York City Ballet repertory ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Variations (Stravinsky)
''Variations: Aldous Huxley in memoriam'' is Igor Stravinsky's last major orchestral composition, written in 1963–64. History Stravinsky began work on the ''Variations'' in Santa Fe, New Mexico, in July 1963, and completed the composition in Hollywood, California, on 28 October 1964. It was first performed in Chicago on 17 April 1965, by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra conducted by Robert Craft. The score is dedicated to the memory of Stravinsky's close friend Aldous Huxley, who died on 22 November 1963 (the same day that President John F. Kennedy was assassinated), when composition of the ''Variations'' was in progress. Although not composed for the purpose, Stravinsky's music was twice choreographed for the New York City Ballet by George Balanchine, a first version in 1966, and a second version in 1982, both times under the title ''Variations''. Analysis The ''Variations'' are based on a twelve-note row: Opinions about the form differ. According to one view, the work c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Variations For Piano (Webern)
Variations for piano, Op. 27, is a twelve-tone piece for piano composed by Anton Webern in 1936. It consists of three movements: Webern's only published work for solo piano, the Variations are one of his major instrumental works and a signal example of his late style. Webern dedicated the work to pianist Eduard Steuermann. However, it was premiered (after months of coaching from Webern) by Peter Stadlen on 26 October 1937 in Vienna. Much later Stadlen produced the definitive interpretive edition of Op. 27, published by Universal Edition in 1979. History of composition By the early 1930s, Webern was one of the composers and artists criticised by the Nazi Party, which was rapidly gaining power. By 1934, Webern's conducting career, a major source of income for the composer, was practically over, and he earned his living by teaching composition to a few private pupils. Despite the considerable financial disadvantages of this situation, the lack of a stable job provided Webern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Enigma Variations
Edward Elgar composed his ''Variations on an Original Theme'', Op. 36, popularly known as the ''Enigma Variations'', between October 1898 and February 1899. It is an orchestral work comprising fourteen variations on an original theme. Elgar dedicated the work "to my friends pictured within", each variation being a musical sketch of one of his circle of close acquaintances (see musical cryptogram). Those portrayed include Elgar's wife Alice, his friend and publisher Augustus J. Jaeger and Elgar himself. In a programme note for a performance in 1911 Elgar wrote: In naming his theme "Enigma", Elgar posed a challenge which has generated much speculation but has never been conclusively answered. The Enigma is widely believed to involve a hidden melody. After its 1899 London premiere, the ''Variations'' achieved immediate popularity and established Elgar's international reputation. History Elgar described how, on the evening of 21 October 1898, after a tiring day's teaching ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Variations For Winds, Strings And Keyboards
''Variations for Winds, Strings and Keyboards'' is an orchestral piece composed in 1979 by Steve Reich. The piece is scored for oboes, flutes, full brass (three trumpets, three trombones, and tuba), strings, pianos, and electric organs. ''Variations'' was Reich's first orchestral piece. Structure and Instrumentation Reich describes the piece as being in the form of a chaconne, variations on a repeated short harmonic progression. The piece has three variations of a complete cycle of harmonic progressions (C minor to C flat, and then gradually back through several keys to C minor), moving one note of a chord at a time, a process of suspension. The three movements are approximately six, ten, and nine minutes. The winds and keyboards (three oboes doubled by electric organs, alternating with three flutes doubled by pianos and electric organs) play the melody throughout. Harmonies are played by the strings doubled by organs. The brass add to the harmonies in the first and last secti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Variation On A Waltz By Diabelli (Liszt)
Variation on a Waltz by Diabelli (), S.147, is a variation by Franz Liszt composed in 1822 and published in late 1823 or early 1824 as Variation No. 24 of Part II of '' Vaterländischer Künstlerverein'', a collection of variations by 50 composers. All the variations were based on a waltz composed by Anton Diabelli, who also published the work. It was this same invitation from Diabelli to write a variation that inspired Ludwig van Beethoven to write his 33 '' Diabelli Variations'', Op. 120, which formed the entirety of Part I of ''Vaterländischer Künstlerverein''. Genesis This is Franz Liszt's first known and published work. He might have composed it at the instigation of Carl Czerny, his piano teacher, who also composed a variation and a coda for the set. Liszt was virtually unknown at the time of publishing and he was listed as "Franz Liszt (Knabe von 11 Jahren) geboren in Ungarn" (11-year-old boy, born in Hungary). At the time Diabelli issued his invitations to write the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
