Mozart wrote paino variations throughout his career; the earliest examples date from 1766, while the last work originated in 1791, the year of his death. On his concert tours Mozart drew storms of applause for his improvisations. His sets of variations were written in immediate response to these extempore performances, drawing mainly on the substance oft he theme and its painistic adornment.
This performing edition contains all of Mozart’s piano variations, including the surviving fragments. It consists of the definitive Urtext from the New Mozart Edition, a byword in absolute reliability and an indispensable basis for performances on the highest artistic level.
- Urtext of the New Mozart Edition
- Comprehensive preface (Ger/Eng)
- Includes all surviving alternative versions and fragments
Fischer, Kurt von
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Baerenreiter Germany
Contents
Eight Variations on the song "Laat ons Juichen Batavieren!" by Christian Ernst Graaf G major K.24 (= Anh. 208) [Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus]
Seven Variations on the Dutch song "Willem van Nassau" D major K.25 [Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus]
Six Variations on "Mio caro Adone" G major K.180 (173c) from the Act 2 Finale of Antonio Salieri's opera La fiera die Venezia [Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus]
Twelve Variations on a minuet by Johann Christian Fischer C major K.179 (189a) [Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus]
Twelve Variations on the romance "Je suis Lindor" E-flat major K.354 (299a) from Antoine-Laurent Baudron's incidental music for Le Barbier de Seville [Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus]
Twelve Variations on the French song "Ah, vous dirai-je Maman" C major K.265 (300e) [Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus]
Twelve Variations on the French song "La belle Françoise" E-flat major K.353 (300f) [Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus]
Nine Variations on the arietta "Lison dormait" C major K.264 (315d) from Nicolas Dezède's comic opera Julie [Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus]
Eight Variations on the chorus "Dieu d'amour" F major K.352 (374c) from André-Ernest-Modeste Grétry's opera Les Mariages Samnites [Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus]
Six Variations on the aria "Salve tu, Domine" F major K.398 (416e) from Giovanni Paisiello's Opera "I filosoft immaginarii" [Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus]
Ten Variations on the arietta "Unser dummer Pöbel meint" G major K.455 from Christoph Willibald GLuck's singspiel "Die Pilgrime von Mekka" [Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus]
Twelve Variations on an Allegretto B-flat major K.500 [Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus]
Nine Variations on a minuet by Jean Pierre Duport D major K.573 [Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus]
Eight Variations on the song "Ein Weib ist das herrlichste Ding" F major K.613 from the singspiel "Der dumme Gärtner" (?by Benedikt Schack) [Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus]
Appendix. Fragments: 1) Theme for a set of variations for organ or piano C major K.Anh. 38 (383d) with facsimile of autograph [Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus]
2) Five variations on "Unser dummer Pöbel meint" by Christoph Willibald Gluck G major K.455 incomplete early version [Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus]
3) Two variations on "Come un'agnello" A major K.460 (454a) from Giuseppe Sarti's opera "Fra i due litiganti il terzo gode" [Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus]
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