Description

• Composer: Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
• Editor: Eusebius Mandyczewski (1857-1929)
• Instrumentation: Piano
• Binding:
• ISMN: 9790004165492
• Size: 9.1 x 12.0 inches
• Pages: 24
• Urtext / Critical Edition

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The story of the origins of the Variations, Op. 21 is typical on the whole for the evolution of a composition by Brahms from inception to printing status. Brahms wrote the pieces in 1853/54 (Variations on a Hungarian Song) and 1857 (Variations on an Original Theme). Then he sought the advice of his friend Joseph Joachim, who suggested that Brahms put the Hungarian Variations aside “for a while.” It was not until July 1861 — and perhaps after comprehensive revisions — that Brahms sent both variation cycles to his publisher Simrock.

Works:

• Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 21, No. 1
• 13 Variations on a Hungarian Song, Op. 21, No. 2