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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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12 Variations on 'Ah vous dirai-je, Maman', K. 265
This guide follows Mozart’s 12 Variations on 'Ah vous dirai-je, Maman', K. 265 (1782) in one part (theme and variations).
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The is a simple tune in three eight- phrases. The variations then follow one after another, each roughly 24 long: 1, then 2, and so on. Listen for the tune hiding inside new figures. 8 is the only one in C minor. 11 slows to an , and 12 is a quick in triple that ends with a short .
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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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