Variaciones

Variations for Piano

Mozart wrote paino variations throughout his career; the ealiest 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.

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Vorwort
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Preface
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Facsimiles:
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Eight Variations on the song “Laat ons Juichen Batavieren!” by Christian Ernst Graaf in G major K. 24 (= Anh. 208)
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Seven Variations on the Dutch song “Willem van Nassau” in D major K. 25
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Siv Variations on “Mio caro Adone” in G major K. 180 (173c)
from the Act 2 Finale of Antonio Salieri’s opera La fiera die Venezia
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Twelve Variations on a minuet by Johann Christian Fischer in C major K. 179 (189a)
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Twelve Variations on the romance “Je suis Lindor” in E-flat major K. 354 (299a)
from Antoine-Laurent Baudron’s incidental music for Le Barbier de Seville
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Twelve Variations on the French song “Ah, vous dirai-je Maman” in C major K. 265 (300e)
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Twelve Variations on the French song “La belle Françoise” in E-flat major K. 353 (300f)
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Nine Variations on the arietta “Lison dormait” in C major K. 264 (315d)
from Nicolas Dezède’s comic opera Julie
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Eight Variations on the chorus “Dieu d’amour” in F major K. 352 (374c)
from André-Ernest-Modeste Grétry’s opera Les Mariages Samnites
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Six Variations on the aria “Salve tu, Domine” in F major K. 398 (416e)
from Giovanni Paisiello’s Opera “I filosoft immaginarii”
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Ten Variations on the arietta “Unser dummer Pöbel meint” in G major K. 455
from Christoph Willibald GLuck’s singspiel “Die Pilgrime von Mekka”
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Twelve Variations on an Allegretto in B-flat major K. 500
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Nine Variations on a minuet by Jean Pierre Duport in D major K. 573
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Eight Variations on the song “Ein Weib ist das herrlichsteDing” in F major K. 613
from the singspiel “Der dumme Gärtner” (?by Benedikt Schack)
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Appendix. Fragments:
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1) Theme for a set of variations for organ or piano in C major K. Anh. 38 (383d)
with facsimile of autograph
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2) Five variations on “Unser dummer Pöbel meint” by Christoph Willibald Gluck in G major K. 455
incomplete early version
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3) Two variations on “Come un’agnello” in A major K. 460 (454a)
from Giuseppe Sarti’s opera “Fra i due litiganti il terzo gode”