Theme and Variation in A, Hess 72 (mp3)

Theme and Variation in A, Hess 72, dates from 1803.

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One may ask, why only one variation? The answer is in the theme, which doesn't modulate at all, not even to the dominant. This harmonic simplicity is of course of the essence for the purity of theme, however, the harmonic basis probably wouldn't sustain more than just the one variation. Published in Hess Supp.Vol.IX, p.24.

Hess: 72

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