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Vladimir Horowitz: Vladimir Horowitz, Vladimir Horowitz Discography, Vladimir Horowitz - The Complete Original Jacket Collection

Vladimir Horowitz: Vladimir Horowitz, Vladimir Horowitz Discography, Vladimir Horowitz - The Complete Original Jacket Collection


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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Vladimir Horowitz, Vladimir Horowitz Discography, Vladimir Horowitz - the Complete Original Jacket Collection, Carmen Variations, the Last Romantic, International Competition for Young Pianists in Memory of Vladimir Horowitz, Moment Exotique. Excerpt: Vladimir Horowitz (1903 - 1989) Georges Bizet (1838 - 1875) Variations on a Theme from Carmen are a set of variations composed and performed by the Russian pianist Vladimir Horowitz, they are based on a gypsy dance from Georges Bizet 's opera Carmen . Background Of Horowitz's many transcriptions, the Carmen Variations were the only one to remain in his repertoire throughout his career. He played them from his earliest concerts in the 1920s, where he often wowed his audience with the "show stopping" encore, through to his golden jubilee season in 1978, over fifty years later. The main theme of the piece originates from the energetic gypsy dance from Act II of Bizet's opera Carmen, a theme that has been used by many for various other variations and transcriptions, including Moszkowski 's Chanson Bohme de l'Opra Carmen . Although Horowitz had no desire to see the piece published, he performed it in many concerts and showed it to a couple of friends and acquaintances. He even made a piano roll of the piece, but always kept the score to himself. Horowitz's audiences loved the Carmen Variations and he was often compelled to perform them everywhere. Eventually Horowitz became tired of this as his audiences forgot the rest of the programme after the encore. Analysis The first few bars of the Carmen Variations (1968 Version) The piece begins with the basic unchanged theme in a rapid tempo, however the mood soon turns playful but with an increasing technical demand on the pianist. Notes cascade from the upper register and rhythms becom...


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  • ISBN-13: 9781155300276
  • Publisher: Books LLC
  • Publisher Imprint: Books LLC
  • Height: 152 mm
  • No of Pages: 70
  • Spine Width: 4 mm
  • Weight: 113 gr
  • ISBN-10: 1155300270
  • Publisher Date: 03 May 2010
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Sub Title: Vladimir Horowitz, Vladimir Horowitz Discography, Vladimir Horowitz - The Complete Original Jacket Collection
  • Width: 229 mm


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