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Variation is a fundamental musical principle yet its most naked expression variation form resists all but the broadest of descriptions. This book offerslistener performer analyst and composer an eclectic array of approaches toTheme and Variations including patterns of departure and return realversus perceived time strategies of propulsion and closure in an intrinsicallycyclic and openended form the interplay of authorial voices deriving fromdialogue between the self of variations and the other of their themecritique of a theme through a sets generic references drama and narrativeachieved through textural and tonal control and the intrinsic sound of avariation so different from that of a freely composed work. These topics areintroduced through a general survey of the form seen through the prisms of theprovenance of themes and the ideologies of sets before being developed throughclose study of Brahmss variation sets and movements. Brahms was supremelyaware of his place in music history and was uncommonly selfconscious in hismanipulation of different techniques of composition. His variation sets someof the most wellcrafted and beloved examples place the interplay of formsand styles at the heart of their identity. Moreover in their stunning breadthand diversity they offer a microcosm of Brahmss entire output a succinctrevelation of his lifelong concerns. Through them we marvel at his technicaland poetic mastery and journey to the heart of his creative character. «
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