Variations on a Nursery Song

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Ernst von Dohnányi

Ernst von Dohnányi (arr. John P. Paynter, ed. Grymes)


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Subtitle: For the enjoyment of humorous people and for the annoyance of others

This work bears the designation Opus 25.


General Info

Year: 1914
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Publisher: Manuscript
Cost: Score and Parts - Unknown


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Program Notes

The Variations on a Nursery Tune, Op. 25, is a piece for piano and orchestra by Ernő Dohnányi. It is subtitled "For the enjoyment of humorous people and for the annoyance of others."

Written in 1914, it captures the spirit of Romanticism, and manages to delight and enthrall in its sparkling piano writing and lush orchestral textures, and its wit in the treatment of the theme – the French nursery song Ah, vous dirai-je, Maman, otherwise known as Twinkle Twinkle Little Star. Like Dohnányi, Mozart also wrote variations on this nursery tune (K. 265/300e).

- Program Note from Wikipedia


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