Variations on a Theme by Haydn (Thompson)
Johannes Brahms (trans. Ray Thompson)
Subtitle: also k/a St.Anthony Variations Op.56a/b - arranged Symphonic Wind
General Info
Year: 1873 / 2018
Duration: c. 20:00
Difficulty: VI (see Ratings for explanation)
Original Medium: Symphony Orchestra
Publisher: RayThompsonMusic
Cost: Score and Parts (digital) - $19.95
Movements
Theme. Chorale St. Antoni. Andante
Variation I. Poco più animato (Andante con moto)
Variation II. Più vivace (Vivace)
Variation III. Con moto
Variation IV. Andante con moto (Andante)
Variation V. Vivace (Poco presto)
Variation VI. Vivace
Variation VII. Grazioso
Variation VIII. Presto non troppo (Poco presto)
Finale. Andante
Instrumentation
Full Score
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II
Bassoon I-II
Horn in F I-II
String Bass (optional)
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
The Theme, Variations and Finale arranged for wind dectet.(decet or double wind dectet) and optional double bass/tuba.
-Program Note from publisher
The Variations on a Theme by Joseph Haydn, (German: Variationen über ein Thema von Jos. Haydn), now also called the Saint Anthony Variations, is a work in the form of a theme and variations, composed by Johannes Brahms in the summer of 1873 at Tutzing in Bavaria. It consists of a theme in B♭ major based on a "Chorale St Antoni", eight variations, and a finale. The work was published in two versions: for two pianos, written first but designated Op. 56b; and for orchestra, designated Op. 56a.
The orchestral version is better known and much more often heard than the two-piano version. It is often said to be the first independent set of variations for orchestra in the history of music,[1] although there is at least one earlier piece in the same form, Antonio Salieri's Twenty-six Variations on 'La folia di Spagna' written in 1815.[citation needed]
Brahms's orchestral variations are scored for piccolo, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, contrabassoon, 4 horns (2 in E♭, 2 in B♭), 2 trumpets, timpani, triangle, and the normal string section of first and second violins, violas, cellos and double basses. The piece usually takes about 18 minutes to perform.
The first performance of the orchestral version was given on 2 November 1873 by the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra under Brahms's baton.
tuba.
- Program Note by Wikipedia
Media
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State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
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Works for Winds by This Composer
Adaptable Music
- Allegro (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Watkin) (1876/2003)
- Hungarian Dance No. 5 (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Deterling) (1869/2020)
- Hungarian Dance No. 5 (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Stanton) (1869)
- St. Anthony Chorale and Variation VI (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Brand) (1873/1991/2007)
All Wind Works
- Academic Festival Overture (arr. Allen) (1880/2019)
- Academic Festival Overture (arr. Safranek) (1880/1914)
- Academic Festival Overture (tr. Hindsley) (1880/1914/197-?)
- Academic Festival Overture (tr. Patterson) (1880/2012)
- Allegro (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Watkin) (1876/2003)
- Begräbnisgesang (ed. Whitwell) (1858/2014)
- Blessed Are They (arr. Buehlman) (1868/1970)
- Blessed Are They (arr. Kreines) (1868/xxx)
- Blessed Are They Who Mourn (arr. Hanna) (1868)
- A Child's Lullaby (arr. Swearingen) (1868/1996)
- Clarinet Sonata No. 1 (1894)
- Der Jäger (tr. Schuetter) (1859-60/2010)
- Es ist ein 'Ros ensprungen (tr. Hoffman) (1609/1896/2018)
- Famous Melodies of Brahms (arr. Ployhar) (1970)
- Finale from Brahms Symphony No. 1 (arr. Bobrowitz) (1862-76/2019)
- Finale from "Symphony No. 1" (arr. Butts) (1862-76/)
- Finale from "Symphony No. 1" (arr. Johnson) (1862-76/)
- Finale from "Symphony No. 1" (arr. Nelson) (1862-76/1972)
- Finale from "Symphony No. 1" (arr. Wilcox) (1862-76/)
- Finale from "Symphony No. 1" (arr. Williams) (1862-76/2008)
- Four Serious Songs (arr. Langslet) (1897/2017)
- Funeral Hymn (arr. Westover) (1858/2018)
- How Lovely Is Thy Dwelling Place (tr. Williams)
- Hungarian Dance No 5 (arr. Laurendeau) (1869/1905)
- Hungarian Dance No. 5 (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Deterling) (1869/2020)
- Hungarian Dance No. 5 (arr. Longfield) (1869/1996)
- Hungarian Dance No. 5 (arr. Mahl) (1869/1911)
- Hungarian Dance No. 5 (arr. Stalter) (1869)
- Hungarian Dance No. 5 (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Stanton) (1869)
- Hungarian Dance No. 5 (tr. Thompson) (1869/2018)
- Hungarian Dance No. 6 (arr. Laurendeau) (1869/1905)
- Hungarian Dance No. 6 (arr. Longfield) (1869/2005)
- Hungarian Dance No. 6 (arr. Halle) (1869/1905)
- Hungarian Dance No. 6 (arr. Price) (1869/1940)
- Hungarian Dance No. 7 (arr. Hildreth) (1869/1919)
- Hungarian Dances Nos 3, 5, 11 and 16 (arr. Sheen) (1869/1985)
- Hungarian Dances No 7-8 (arr. Brockton) (1922)
- Hymn of Freedom (tr. Gardner) (1876/1950/1995)
- Nänie (tr. Smith) (1881/2020)
- Oyama (arr. Laurendeau) (1905)
- Piano Quintet in F minor (tr. Stroble) (/2020)
- Prelude and Scherzo (arr. Hubbell) (c. 1857/1981)
- Romanza (tr. Paxton) (c. 1865-1873/2020)
- Serenade No. 2 in A major (ed. Smith) (1860/2012)
- Sleep Gently, My Child (arr. Mahaffey) (1892/2001)
- St. Anthony Chorale and Variation VI (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Brand) (1873/1991/2007)
- Symphony No. 1 Theme (arr. Feldstein and Clark) (1876/2006)
- Symphony No. 4 (arr. Wirgler)
- Three Chorale Preludes (arr. Boyd; ed. Fennell) (1896/1996)
- Three Hungarian Dances (arr. Singleton) (1858-1868/2009)
- Tragic Overture (tr. Kreines) (1880/)
- Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel (1862)
- Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel (tr. Kreines; ed. Johnson) (1862)
- Variations on a Theme by Haydn (tr. Duthoit) (1873/1938)
- Variations on a Theme by Haydn (tr. Hindsley) (1873/197-?)
- Variations on a Theme by Haydn (tr. Popkin) (1873/1996)