Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's | Theme, 16 variations |
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Composition Year | 1854 May-September |
Genre Categories | Variations; For piano; Scores featuring the piano; For 1 player |
Related Works | The Theme comes from the fourth piece (Albumblätt I) of the piano cycle Bunte Blätter, Op.99 |
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Work Title | Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumann |
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Alternative. Title | Variationen über ein Thema von Robert Schumann |
Name Translations | Variationen über ein Thema von Robert Schumann op. 9 |
Name Aliases | Sechzehn Variationen über ein Thema von Robert Schumann; Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumann in F-sharp minor minor; Variations in F-sharp minor; Variations on a Theme by R. Schumann in F-sharp Minor, Op. 9; Brahms, Johannes, 1833-1897. Sechzehn Variationen über ein Thema von Robert Schumann; |
Authorities | WorldCat; LCCN: n81144344 |
Composer | Brahms, Johannes |
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. | Op.9 |
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. | IJB 148 |
Key | F-sharp minor |
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's | 17 sections:
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Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. | 1854 May-September |
First Publication. | 1854 (November) Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel |
Dedication | Clara Schumann (1819–1896) |
Average DurationAvg. Duration | 18 minutes |
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period | Romantic |
Piece Style | Romantic |
Instrumentation | piano |
Related Works | The Theme comes from the fourth piece (Albumblätt I) of the piano cycle Bunte Blätter, Op.99 |
External Links | KDH Listening Guide Wikipedia article (German) |
First performance date apparently unknown, though the very unlikely late date of 1879 is claimed? (Musicandhistory.com gives December 12 1879 but again, since it was in print since 1854, and is referred to in overviews of the composer as early as 1863, not as "that as yet publicly unperformed work" but in an otherwise normal fashion... -- ?!... ) - ES
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