Variations on a Theme of Chopin (Rachmaninoff)
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Variations on a Theme of Chopin (Mompou)
Not to be confused with the work with the same title by RachmaninoffThe Variations on a Theme of Chopin is a work for solo piano by Federico Mompou. It is based on the Prelude in A major, Op. 28, No. 7, by Frédéric Chopin....
or Ferruccio Busoni
Ferruccio Busoni
Ferruccio Busoni was an Italian composer, pianist, editor, writer, piano and composition teacher, and conductor.-Biography:...
's work of the same title.
Variations on a Theme of Chopin , Op
Opus number
An Opus number , pl. opera and opuses, abbreviated, sing. Op. and pl. Opp. refers to a number generally assigned by composers to an individual composition or set of compositions on publication, to help identify their works...
. 22, is a group of 22 variation
Variation (music)
In music, variation is a formal technique where material is repeated in an altered form. The changes may involve harmony, melody, counterpoint, rhythm, timbre, orchestration or any combination of these.-Variation form:...
s on Frédéric Chopin
Frédéric Chopin
Frédéric François Chopin was a Polish composer and virtuoso pianist. He is considered one of the great masters of Romantic music and has been called "the poet of the piano"....
's Prelude in C minor (Op. 28, No. 20), composed by Sergei Rachmaninoff
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Sergei Vasilievich Rachmaninoff was a Russian composer, pianist, and conductor. Rachmaninoff is widely considered one of the finest pianists of his day and, as a composer, one of the last great representatives of Romanticism in Russian classical music...
in 1902-03.
Variations
- Theme: Largo, 9 bars
- I: Moderato (66 bpm), 8 bars
- II: Allegro (122 bpm), 8 bars
- III: 132bpm, 8 bars
- IV: 132 bpm, 24 bars of 3/4
- V: Meno mosso (92 bpm), 8 bars
- VI: Meno mosso (64 bpm), 12 bars of 6/4
- VII: Allegro (120 bpm), 8 bars
- VIII: 120 bpm, 8 bars
- IX: 120 bpm, 8 bars
- X: Più vivo (144 bpm), 14 bars
- XI: Lento (44 bpm), 14 bars of 12/8
- XII: Moderato (60 bpm), 32 bars
- XIII: Largo (52 bpm), 16 bars
- XIV: Moderato (72 bpm), 24 bars of 4/4 then one bar of 2/4.
- XV: Allegro scherzando (132 bpm), 45 bars of 12/8 in F minor.
- XVI: Lento (54 bpm), 14 bars in F minor.
- XVII: Grave (46 bpm), 18 bars of 3/4 in B minor.
- XVIII: Più mosso, 12 bars in B minor.
- XIX: Allegro vivace, 35 bars in A major.
- XX: Presto (92 dotted minims per minute): 108 bars of 3/4 in A major.
- XXI: Andante (60 dotted crotches per minute): 24 bars in D major followed by 29 bars of 3/4 in C major marked Più vivo (100 bpm).
- XXII: Maestoso (100 bpm) 82 bars of 3/4 in C major. Then 9 bars marked Meno mosso. Then 19 bars marked Presto.