Beethoven's Diabelli Variations
- Author: Kinderman, William
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Contents
- Editor's Preface
- Introduction
- Part I: The Process of Composition
- 1 The Interrupted Genesis of the Variations
- 2 The Early Sketches (1819)
- 3 The Late Sketches (1822-1823)
- Part II. The Compositional Style
- 4
- 5 The Importance of Parody
- 6 Beethoven's Treatment of the Theme
- 7 The Opening Variations
- 8 The Middle Variations
- 9 Consolidation and Transfiguration
- Part III: Transcriptions of the Sketches
- 10 Preface
- 11 Transcriptions
- Bibliography of Works Cited
- Index