Beethoven's Thirty-Three Variations on a Waltz by Diabelli, his longest and most complex piece for piano, stands beside the Ninth Symphony, the Missa Solemnis, and the late quartets as one of the monumental achievements of his last period. In this first extended study of these variations, William Kinderman investigates their compositional origins and explores them in the context of Beethovn's other works of this time. Kinderman shows how the composer tramsforms, parodies, and ultimately transcends Diabelli's commonplace ...
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Beethoven's Thirty-Three Variations on a Waltz by Diabelli, his longest and most complex piece for piano, stands beside the Ninth Symphony, the Missa Solemnis, and the late quartets as one of the monumental achievements of his last period. In this first extended study of these variations, William Kinderman investigates their compositional origins and explores them in the context of Beethovn's other works of this time. Kinderman shows how the composer tramsforms, parodies, and ultimately transcends Diabelli's commonplace waltz in a fascinating series of historical allusions to other composers in the final variations. Kinderman's discussion provides considerable insight into Beethoven's working methods and illuminates the structure of the finished work, and ultimately the nature of the creative process itself. This new reissue of Kinderman's classic text includes a free CD of his celebrated recording of the Diabelli Variations, described by Andras Schiff as 'a very vivid sounding experience'.
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Very good. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 244 p. Studies in Musical Genesis, Structure, and Interpretation. Audience: General/trade. 220pp. One page corner creased. Footnotes; biblio.; index; musical examples. Signed & inscribed by Kinderman on title page.
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First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. Large 8vo. pp xxii, 220. Original publisher's black cloth, lettered gilt on spine. Ownership signature on the front endpaper of the musician, writer and editor, Philip Reed ISBN: 0198161980 Fine in near fine dust jacket.
