HENLE BEETHOVEN 32 Variations In C Minor Woo 80 For Piano Urtext

32 Variations c minor WoO 80

Ludwig van Beethoven

Editor: Friedhelm Klugmann
Fingering: Walter Georgii
Urtext Edition, paperbound

Pages: 18 (18), Size 23,5 x 31,0 cm
Order no. HN 61 · ISMN 979-0-2018-0061-5
Level of difficulty (Piano): difficult (Level 7)
ABRSM: DipABRSM

Ludwig van Beethoven’s 32 Variations on an Original Theme in C minor (WoO 80) for piano, dating from 1806, are both a magnificent concert piece and an outstanding etude. Only with Beethoven can an eight-measure theme contain so much melodic and harmonic energy. The variations, of eight measures each, flow into one another powerfully and without interruption, offering a veritable compendium of Beethoven’s piano technique. The effect is of a mighty passacaglia. With the more lengthy final variation the work fades to a close.