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	Goldberg Variations - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Goldberg Variations, BWV 988, is a theme and variations by Johann Sebastian Bach, originally written for the harpsichord but nowadays frequently performed on the piano.
		Variations 13, 14, 17, 20, 23, 26, and 28 are specified in the score for two manuals, whilst variations 5 and 29 are specified as playable with either one or two.
		This is the first of the variations in a minor key, and is in sharp contrast to the ecstatic mood of the previous variation, thus marking the "turning point" of the piece as a whole.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Goldberg_Variations (3363 words)

	Theme and Variations: The Search (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Theme and Variations: The Search was commissioned by The Dunedin Sinfonia in 1998 for it's subscription series, and funded by Creative New Zealand.
		The Theme is expressive and somewhat stoic in mood, and is characterised by stumbling dotted rhythms.
		Variation 1 is dominated by a wistful clarinet solo over a sparse bass-line, as the search begins alone and tentatively.
	anthonyritchie.co.nz /opus/opus85.html (520 words)

	"fifteen variations on a single theme". the variations.
		the theme consists of the continuous development of an equilateral triangle to a regular octagon.
		the theme is taken up again by the semi-circles which have as their bases the straight lines of the theme.
		the various segments of this semi-spiral form are connected to their center by lines.
	hebert.kitp.ucsb.edu /studio/a-m/mb-v.html (830 words)

	Bobrowicz (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		There are some theme and variations cycles that are known to us by title only, the music itslef seems to have been lost.
		As a rule, the minor mode variation is the penultimate one; so a full quotation of the theme at this point serves the purpose of recalling the melody which in preceding variations was treated gradually freely.
		The quotation of the theme in the third variation stops this progress for a while as it serves as a slow movement in a three movement form.
	www.orphee.com /bobrowiz.htm (2096 words)

	Musical Forms - Variation
		In the 18th and 19th centuries the theme was usually stated first, followed by a number of variations hence the expression 'theme and variations'.
		Variations of the early 19th century fall into two groups: 'formal variations' of the Viennese Classical type and 'character variations' determined by the new ideals and imagery of Romanticism.
		His Handel Variations for piano represent the metrically strict continuous variation type with final fugue; the bass is the sustaining element, as in the finales of the Fourth Symphony and the St. Antony Variations.
	w3.rz-berlin.mpg.de /cmp/g_variation.html (819 words)

	My Research Proposal
		Then, as the variation generator runs (to the specifications of the current plan), new possibilities or limitations that may be discovered are fed back to the form designer.
		Thus if a variation strays too far it might be erased, or the next variation might be constrained to compensate for this by strongly resembling the melody.
		That aside, the number of possible variations by this definition is a function of the number of discrete musical properties recognized.
	members.aol.com /rwtodd/proposal.html (1511 words)

	Theme & Variations, Vol. 1: Improvisations On Children's Songs
		In comparison to other themes, children's songs by their very nature are short and simple in harmony, and as such less suited to large scale renditions.
		Hence Lehrndorfer has chosen the classical form of the variation to express the various aspects and moods of a song, whether it be the dance of the peasants and of the be-ba-bootsyman, the flight of the fox from the hunter in pursuit, or the twittering of birds in the wood in Cuckoo.
		The theme which often just shimmers through in skeletal form is the starting point for moods and atmospheres that are conveyed in rhapsodic fashion.
	www.blacksun.com /releases/13208.htm (565 words)

	theme / variations
		Perhaps evolving from the earlier call and response, theme and variations is still the bread and butter for the modern improvising musician of American music.
		The theme of the composition sets the artistic mood, provides the musical form, a tonality and overall emotional environment, which when all combined, create what I like to call a performance vehicle.
		Well, in one traditional approach to performing jazz and blues tunes, the theme of the selected composition is stated to set the mood of the music and to establish the basic framework of musical form and basic harmony for the improvisations.
	www.jacmuse.com /artisticconcepts/newpage23.htm (661 words)

	(T) Glossary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Compositional procedure in which a theme is stated and then altered in successive statements; occurs as an independent piece or as a movement of a sonata cycle.
		These excerpts demonstrate the opening theme and a later variation based on a change to the minor mode.
		Several themes in the same key that function as a unit within a section of a form, particularly in sonata-allegro form.
	www.wwnorton.com /classical/glossary/t.htm (1183 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Since 1999 we've produced Theme and Variations, a program celebrating the interconnectedness between world literature and classical music, which is heard on some 70 National Public Radio stations.
		Anthologos is a collection of music, short fiction and poetry from the first 250 broadcasts of Theme and Variations, including a chilling tale by Guy de Maupassant and a tale of lost love by F. Scott Fitzgerald.
		Proceeds support the ongoing distribution of Theme and Variations to the visually impaired.
	www.treehouseproductions.org (205 words)

	Theme and Variations
		The theme is larger than a phrase, often a period or some kind of part form like a binary.
		Examples are theme and variation types or 18th century "doubles".
		In all variation processes, be able to identify, describe, and distinguish between invariant and varietal factors.
	jan.ucc.nau.edu /~krr2/themevariation.html (563 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Theme and Variations Opus 73 by Lennox Berkeley at ChesterNovello.com
		In this short piece (7 minutes) the theme is followed by six variations of which the last one is slow and characteristically dies away with the quiet sound of gentle chords.
		Theme and Variations was written in 1970 for the Italian guitarist Angelo Gilardino who first played it the following year in Italy.
	www.chesternovello.com /work/14855/main.html (91 words)

	theme with variations (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Theme with Variations was begun in Oslo, Norway, and completed on May 17, 1966, in Evanston, Illinois.
		A theme and 6 short and contrasting variations are preceded by an introduction.
		The theme is repeated at the very end as an ending.
	www.skylinestudio.com /140006.html (73 words)

	Theme and Variations
		The variations are usually melodic material that is based on the main theme.
		This variation should be noticeably different from the main theme and the first variation.
		This variation should be noticeably different from the main theme and the first two variations.
	www.csd99.k12.il.us /northfinearts/midi/themevar.htm (558 words)

	Wine Advisor FoodLetter: Theme and variations - wineloverspage.com
		Theme and variations Build your own cookbook by ringing changes on a few basic concepts.
		In one recent variation, I used four chicken thighs, well browned in butter with a couple of smashed garlic cloves, then finished by simmering in 1 1/2 cups of chicken broth, with minced fresh sage and thyme for flavoring, half of it added at the start of simmering, the rest at the end.
		I recently came up with a more filling variation, processing 1/2 cup of walnuts with garlic, salt and a tiny shot of hot sauce, then hand-blending 1/2 cup of chopped Sicilian green olives and about 1 ounce of feta cheese into the mix.
	www.wineloverspage.com /wineadvisor1/tsfl050414.phtml (1907 words)

	Theme and Variations (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Explain that a theme is a musical idea or melody that is used repeatedly in a musical composition.
		Explain what variation means and draw another star that looks very different and write "variation" under it.
		After the students have listened to a couple of the variations, explain that their goal is to draw a theme and variations of any simple object--it can be a star if they wish, or a flower or a car, or their name-anything simple enough for them to draw.
	lessonplanspage.com /printables/PMusicArtThemeAndVariationsIdea26.htm (271 words)

	Theme and Variations: More Dvorak
		Apparently Wihan had written a cadenza based on the themes from the first two (of three movements), however Dvorak refused to include it.
		The first two movements did not really (pardon the pun) move me very much, though Dvorak himself said that, of the second theme of the first movement, "I am moved every time I play it." The third movement, the finale, sounds like a march and a dance, and is very enjoyable.
		Of the two other pieces on the CD; these were arranged by the composer in order for Wihan to showcase his talents during a tour in 1892 with Dvorak and violinist Ferdinand Lachner.
	themeandvariations.blogspot.com /2004/08/more-dvorak.html (625 words)

	Theme and Variations
		It was his hope that I would break through my creative impasse if I could just focus on how to manipulate one or two musical elements in a short, closed form.
		These variations and the process I went through to make them were a watershed experience for me. Although short in duration, very simple, and somewhat "Prokofiev-like" in style, I nonetheless had a much better idea when I finished them of how to develop material out in longer forms.
		Unfortunately, at the time they were completed, I was only able to obtain a reading of the theme and first variation, and I have never heard the piece in its entirety.
	www.andrewmckennalee.com /Music/solo_works/individual_works/theme_and_variations.htm (256 words)

	Schur Functions: Theme And Variations - Macdonald (ResearchIndex)
		We shall present these as a sequence of variations on a theme and (unlike e.g.
		Thus Variations 1 and 2 are included in Variation 3 ; Variations 4 and 5 are particular cases of Variation 6 ; and in their turn Variations 6, 7 and 8 (in part) are included in Variation...
		Macdonald, Schur functions: theme and variations, in "Actes 28-e S'eminaire Lotharingien," I.R.M.A., Strasbourg, 1992, 5--39.
	citeseer.ist.psu.edu /345847.html (492 words)

	ArtsWork -Theme and Variations
		Students see musical scores of various examples of this form, then follow the score as they listen to live and taped performances.
		One variation must be in strict 4-part style and one in the minor mode.
		Student compositions may be compiled in a volume for use in subsequent years as examples of theme and variation.
	artswork.asu.edu /arts/teachers/lesson/music/music4.htm (441 words)

	Theme & Variations (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Join host Richard Hill each Sunday evening as he explores a different theme, using a wealth of classical music drawn from over a thousand years.
		He says "each week's program is an eclectic mix of pieces, in all styles, from all periods, centred around a given theme for that week.
		"Theme and Variations" had its debut on the Queen's University radio station, CFRC-FM, in 1997-98.
	www3.sympatico.ca /laurie.hill/Theme_and_Variations.html (312 words)

	CriticalDance.com - American Ballet Theatre ABT Review - Family Friendly
		"Theme and Variations," "Le Grand Pas de Deux," "Three Virgins and a Devil," "Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux," and "Fancy Free" comprise a well-rounded program that is visually stimulating and appealing to audiences, young and old.
		Balanchine's "Theme and Variations" began the program, and the crowd drew in a collective breath as the curtain rose on a radiant Paloma Herrera in a glittering pink costume with Marcelo Gomes opposite her framed by a female corps costumed in lavender tutus.
		Throughout the plot-less ballet, Herrera moved with the regal grace and daintiness of a princess although she seemed visibly relieved after completing a sequence of pirouettes and pas du chats.
	www.criticaldance.com /reviews/2003/abt20031025.html (976 words)

	rozsa.html (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Especially impressive are the militaristic ostinati, searing strings and punchy brass of 'Prelude To A Murder', sharply contrasted with the eerie nostalgia of 'Nocturno' and the moving thematic climax to 'Epilogue'.
		Rózsa's music, a theme and variations, is a subtle combination of the dreamily elegant and portentous - these imbued with a sorrowful nostalgia.
		Gruppman's cadenza in the first movement is filled with the taut passion and spiky textures of Hungarian folk music; the heartbreaking nostalgic theme of the second is evoked by airy violin, delicately shaded by melancholy woodwinds, whereas the third movement abounds in vigorous folk-like rhythms.
	www.btinternet.com /~rubberneck/rozsa.html (1904 words)

	Theme and Variations (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Variations on the "fourness" theme in music, mathematics, and literature...
		If you are not redirected to the "Theme and Variations" page and are using Internet Explorer, your internet security may be set to "high." This prevents both redirection and, even if you had been redirected, proper display of the "Theme and Variations" page, which uses JavaScript.
		For a version of the Theme and Variations page that does not use JavaScript, click here.
	log24.com /theory/dd (85 words)

	Beethoven Allegretto From Symphony No. 7 Theme and Variations by Karl Lozier (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		If you are not familiar with that "A" word, look it up so you will remember it and then see if you are able to use it in conversation later in the week.
		Jacques Loussier is quoted as saying; "I have always been haunted by the theme of the Allegretto (second movement) from Beethoven's Seventh Symphony since I first began to play music." Appropriately or not, Beethoven's Symphony No. 7 has been danced often by ballet corps.
		That should not be a surprise as I am quite a lover of theme and variations in the classical world and the jazz world is often right next door.
	www.enjoythemusic.com /magazine/music/0104/beethoven.htm (309 words)

	ELECTRONIC Theme and Variations (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		When a composer writes a "Theme and Variations," it is just that.
		If your main theme is written in a very "strict" feel, you might try to make a variation more jazz like.
		The variation should be at least two measures in length, but may be longer if you wish.
	www-camil.music.uiuc.edu /mtt/examples/theory/theorymaterials/downersgrove/Theme_Variations.htm (599 words)

	Qualcomm - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Qualcomm developed a digital cellular telephony technology based on CDMA ; the first version was standardized as IS-95.
		It has since developed newer variations on the same theme, including IS-2000 and 1x-EVDO.
		It formerly manufactured both CDMA cell phones and CDMA base station equipment.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Qualcomm (242 words)

	Books \| Theme and variations (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		By whom the words Jew and pig were used interchangeably."), references to the Wandering Jew, to opera (with special admiration for Maria Callas), painting, poetry, philosophy, science.
		At some points, Author questions himself or refers to his failing health, but mostly he stays in the background, manifested only in the comic precision of his voice, the implied tragic "plot" of his variations.
		In some places, an isolated reference may be completely unidentified, and it’s left to the lower-case reader to connect the dots ("27, rue de Fleurus" faces a page with a quote from Gertrude Stein).
	www.portlandphoenix.com /books/other_stories/documents/04035282.asp (600 words)

	Jean-Marc Philippe's website
		Yet throughout his artistic career the theme of building bridges recurs, whether it is between people, present and future time, individual and collective art, or individual and collective memory.
		Linking as it did the themes of present and future time, space, individual and collective memory and art, Messages from Mankind to the Universe can be seen as a precursor to KEO on a national rather than global scale.
		This theme of a collective gift is subtly nuanced in a project currently in development.
	www.jmphilippe.net (1379 words)

	Ballet-Dance Magazine - American Ballet Theatre ABT - Repertory Program II: 'Theme and Variations,' 'Tchaikovsky Pas de ...
		The climate inside the Metropolitan Opera House for the first night of ABT’s Balanchine Tribute Program was similar to the unpredictable showers that clouded the sky for minutes, then cleared away.
		The curtain rose on the bright pinks and lavenders of “Theme and Variations” as the orchestra led by Charles Barker began the score, the final movement of Tchaikovsky’s Suite No.3 for Orchestra.
		However, the atmosphere quickly changed when the usually radiant Paloma Herrera looked off-balance in a string of pirouettes and pas du chats, then completely lost balance in her closing pirouette.
	www.ballet-dance.com /200406/articles/abt20040524.html (856 words)

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