Variations on the name "Abegg"

$\relative c'' {\new PianoStaff<<\new Staff{\key f \major\time 3/4\partial 4\tempo "Animato"<<a\mf a'(>> <<bes, bes'>> <<e, e'>> <<g, g'>> <<g,2-> g')>> <<gis,,4 gis'(>> <<a, a'>> <<c, c'>> <<f, f'>> \hideNotes f)}\new Staff{\clef "bass"\key f \major r4 e,,,8 <<bes' c e>> <<bes c e>> <<bes c e>> <<bes c e>> <<bes c e>> e, <<bes' c e>> <<bes c e>> <<bes c e>> <<bes c e>> <<bes c e>> f, <<a c f>> <<a, c f>> <<a, c f>> <<a, c f>> <<a, c f>> \hideNotes f}>>}$
Opening measures

The Variations on the name "Abegg" in

tema" (Latin). Another suggestion is Pauline von Abegg. Apparently, when he was twenty years old, Schumann met her and dedicated this work to her, as witnessed in Clara Schumann

's edition of her husband's piano works.

The first five notes of the theme are A, B♭ (B), E, G, and G. This use of pitch names as letters was also used by Schumann in other compositions, such as his Carnaval.

It is composed of:

Thema (Animato) (F major)

Variations:

(energico, F major)
(il Basso parlando, F major)
(corrente, F major)
(cantabile, A-flat major)
(Finale alla Fantasia. Vivace, F major)

References

External links

Pérez, Francisco Javier Plaza. Robert Schumann’s cyclic works: structural coherence and a new poetic approach to piano writing: Kinderzenen op. 15, Waldszenen op. 82, Abegg-Variationen op. 1 and Faschingswank aus Wien op. 26. Diss. Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa-Escola Superior de Música de Lisboa, 2018.
Abegg Variations: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
Performance of Variations on the name "Abegg" by Paavali Jumppanen from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in MP3 format
Schumann: Abegg Variation, Op. 1 on
YouTube, Clara Haskil

Performance with video format on
YouTube
, Traum Piano

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