The Theme and Variations as Used by Four Important Piano Composers in Four Periods of Music History

The intent of this study was to give a brief background and history of the theme and variations in early periods of music history, as well as to analyze more specifically and compare in some depth the use of the form by four composers of later periods, in a keyboard work of each. Each of the following composers represents a different period of music history: (1) Handel, late Baroque; (2) Mozart, Classic; (3) Beethoven, early Romantic; and (4) Norman Dello Joio, Modern. Although the form under study has been used in many media of writing, the compositions in this analysis are limited to piano works.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Education (MEd)

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Education

Year

1966

Author dc:creator

• O'Brien, James Patrick

Contributors dc:contributor

• Herbert A. Bird
• Wayne S. Hertz
• Thomas Dean Stinson

• Education
• Handel
• George Frideric
• 1685-1759
• Wolfgang Amadeus
• 1756-1791
• Beethoven
• Ludwig van
• 1770-1827
• Dello Joio
• Norman
• 1913-2008
• Higher Education
• Scholarship of Teaching and Learning

Language dc:language

English

Repository record dc:identifier

https://digitalcommons.cwu.edu/etd/573

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:digitalcommons.cwu.edu:etd-1584