Variations on a Theme of Robert Schumann for piano, Op. 9
This guide follows Brahms’s Variations on a Theme of Robert Schumann for piano, Op. 9 (1854) in one part (theme and variations).
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The short Schumann in F-sharp minor opens the set. In 1 the melody moves to the left hand as a bass line. Variations 1 to 9 stay in the minor, until 10 brings the first major- music, with in several forms. 11 squeezes the 's phrases into fewer . Variations 13 to 15 lead to 16, which is in F-sharp major yet understated and melancholy, and ends pianississimo.
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Section boundaries in music are not always sharp; a transition may be felt over a pause or a held chord.
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