Wariacje beethoven biography
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32 Variations deliver C minor (Beethoven)
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- 6 Variations in F major, Op.34
- Variations and Fugue in E-flat major, Op.35
- 6 Variations in D major, Op.76
- Veränderungen über einen Walzer, Op.120, (C major)
- 12 Variations on the Russian Dance from 'Das Waldmädchen', WoO 71, (A major)
- 24 Variations on 'Venni Amore' by Vincenzio Righini, WoO 65, (D major)
- 32 Variations in C minor, WoO 80
- 9 Variations on a March by Dressler, WoO 63, (C minor)
- 9 Variations on 'Quant'e piu bello', WoO 69, (A major)
- 6 Variations on 'Nel cor piu non mi sento', WoO 70, (G major)
- 12 Variations on 'Menuet a la Vigano', WoO 68, (C major)
- 8 Variations on 'Une fièvre brûlante', WoO 72, (C major)
- 10 Variations on 'La stessa, la stessissima', WoO 73, (B♭ major)
- 7 Variations on 'Kind, willst du ruhig schlafen', WoO 75, (F major)
- 8 Variations on 'Tändeln und Scherzen', WoO 76, (F major)
- 13 Variations on 'Es war einmal ein alter Mann', WoO 66, (A major)
- 6 Variations in G major, WoO 77
- 6 Variations on a Swiss song, WoO 64, (F major)
- 7 Variations on 'God Save the King', WoO 78, (C major)
- 5 Variations on 'Rule Britannia', WoO 79, (D major)
- 8 Variations on the
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Ruth Padel- Beethoven Variations
Ruth Padel- Wariacje Beethovena
Pages: 131
Soft cover
Publisher: Chatto & Windus
English
From the author of the bestselling A Life in Poems , Ruth Padel’s new collection follows in the footsteps of one of the world’s greatest composers, Beethoven, and investigates what his life and music might mean to us todayTwo hundred and fifty years since Beethoven was born, Ruth Padel goes on a personal search for him, retracing his steps through war-torn Europe of the early nineteenth century, delving into his music, letters, diaries and the conversation books he used when deaf, to uncover the man behind the legend. Her quest, exploring the life of one of the most creative artists who ever lived, turns more personal than she expects, taking her into the sources of her own creativity and musicality. From a deeply musical family herself, Padel’s parents met through music, and she grew up playing chamber music on viola – Beethoven’s instrument as a child. Her father’s grandfather, a concert pianist born on the German–Danish border, studied in Leipzig with a friend of Beethoven before immigrating to the UK. The poems in this illuminating biography in verse conjure not only Beethoven’s life and personality, but her own music-making and love both of