Johannes Brahms: Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel, Op. 24

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fugue piano composition set of variations

Johannes Brahms: Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel, Op. 24 is a monumental set of piano variations and a concluding fugue, composed in 1861 on a theme by George Frideric Handel and regarded as one of Brahms’s greatest works for solo piano.

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Handel Variations, Op. 24 1
Johannes Brahms: Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel, Op. 24 canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fugue ⓘ
piano composition ⓘ
set of variations ⓘ
basedOn theme by George Frideric Handel ⓘ
basedOnMovement Aria from Handel’s Suite in B-flat major, HWV 434 ⓘ
basedOnWork Suite in B-flat major, HWV 434, by George Frideric Handel ⓘ
catalogueNumber Op. 24 ⓘ
composer Johannes Brahms ⓘ
composerNationality German ⓘ
criticalReputation considered one of Brahms’s greatest works for solo piano ⓘ
regarded as a pinnacle of Romantic variation writing ⓘ
dateComposed 1861 ⓘ
dedicatedTo Julie Schumann ⓘ
difficulty advanced ⓘ
eraOfComposer late Romantic ⓘ
firstPublicationYear 1862 ⓘ
genre keyboard fugue ⓘ
romantic piano music ⓘ
theme and variations ⓘ
hasPart 25 variations ⓘ
final fugue ⓘ
theme ⓘ
influencedBy Baroque variation techniques ⓘ
George Frideric Handel ⓘ
Johann Sebastian Bach ⓘ
instrumentation solo piano ⓘ
key B-flat major ⓘ
languageOfTitle German ⓘ
movementStructure continuous sequence of variations followed by fugue ⓘ
notableFeature integration of Baroque forms with Romantic harmony ⓘ
large-scale architectural design ⓘ
use of diverse pianistic textures ⓘ
numberOfVariations 25 ⓘ
opusNumber Op. 24 ⓘ
originalTitle Variationen und Fuge über ein Thema von Händel ⓘ
period Romantic era ⓘ
placeComposed Hamburg region (approximate) ⓘ
publisher Rieter-Biedermann ⓘ
relatedWorkBySameComposer Haydn Variations, Op. 56b ⓘ
Paganini Variations, Op. 35 ⓘ
Variations on a Theme by Schumann ⓘ
surface form: Variations on a Theme by Schumann, Op. 9
style contrapuntal ⓘ
orchestral piano writing ⓘ
virtuosic ⓘ
typicalDuration approximately 25 minutes ⓘ
usesForm passacaglia-like variation techniques ⓘ
usesTechnique canon and inversion in fugue ⓘ
orchestral sonorities on piano ⓘ
workNumberInComposerOutput early major piano work ⓘ

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Clara Schumann (as dedicatee and performer) → dedicateeOf → Johannes Brahms: Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel, Op. 24 ⓘ
subject surface form: Clara Schumann
Johannes Brahms → notableWork → Johannes Brahms: Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel, Op. 24 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Handel Variations, Op. 24