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Variations and fugue
Two ways of making much from little: a theme changed again and again, and a subject passed from voice to voice.
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Andante with Variations in F minor, Hob. XVII:6
This guide follows Haydn’s Andante with Variations in F minor, Hob. XVII:6 (1793) in one part (theme and variations).
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A double- form. The , in F minor, comes first, and a (B), in the major, follows. Each then varied: 1, the major again (B′), 2, and the major once more (B″). The long follows, and within it a , a free passage with no fixed beat, is marked. Despite a turn to the major at the , the music fades away in a tragic mood.
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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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