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Examples include John Bull's Salvator Mundi, Bach's Canonic Variations on "Vom Himmel hoch da komm' ich her, Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor, Violin Chaconne, and (D minor solo violin suite), Corelli's La Folia Variations, Beethoven's Diabelli Variations, the Finales of his Third "Eroica" and Ninth "Choral" Symphonies, the Finale of Brahms's ...
Cabral was born in Sacramento, California.She was raised in the Catholic Church, which would later influence her music. [5]Cabral attended the University of California, Berkeley, studying philosophy for two semesters before changing her major to English literature after feeling "shamed out of the [philosophy] department" as the only femme person and person of color.
for the initials of the London Symphony Orchestra (=La Es Sol) and Michael Tilson Thomas (=Mi Ti Ti), used by Oliver Knussen in Flourish with fireworks. Thomas commissioned Knussen for the opening concert of his first season as principal conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra - the piece is "affectionately dedicated to Michael Tilson Thomas ...
Elena Kats-Chernin was born in Tashkent (now the capital of independent Uzbekistan, but then part of the Soviet Union) and is Jewish. [1] She studied at the Yaroslavl Music School and the Gnessin State Musical College in Moscow from age 14, and migrated to Australia in 1975, continuing her studies at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, under Richard Toop (composition) and Gordon Watson (piano ...
Elena Presser (born November 3, 1940) is an Argentine artist who focuses on keyboard pieces, specifically on Johann Sebastian Bach's Goldberg Variations. Her artwork is her interpretation of classical music and is defined with shapes and symbols within her artwork. She also includes religious notions affiliated with the high quality of music.
Arban’s "Variations on Carnival of Venice" [5] remains one of the great showpieces for cornet soloists today. Arban’s variations are based on a Neapolitan folk tune called "O Mamma, Mamma Cara", [ 6 ] which was popularized by violinist and composer Niccolò Paganini , who also wrote and performed variations on it.
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. [3] Webern dedicated the work to pianist Eduard Steuermann. [4] However, it was premiered (after months of coaching from Webern) by Peter Stadlen on 26 October 1937 in Vienna. [5]
The seven pavans are variations on a theme, the "Lachrimæ pavan", which Dowland had already made well known as a lute solo and a song. (That pavan was reworked into the song "Flow my tears" in Dowland's Second Book of Songs (1600) [1] and begins with a "falling tear" motif of four notes.) The harmonies of the seven are intense, with lines ...