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The Study of Rachmaninoff's Variations on a Theme of Corelli, Op.42

Sergei Rachmaninoff was a major composer in the twentieth century and also a great piano virtuoso. With his unique life experience and personality, Rachmaninoff¡¦s music reveals both deep nostalgia mood and Russian style. Variations on a Theme of Corelli, composed in 1931, was Rachmaninoff¡¦s final piano solo work. His writing style and compositional technique have reached maturity in this piece, which is one of the most representative works during his late period. The Corelli Variations were based on the melody from traditional Portugal dance La Folia. Rachmaninoff employed the virtuoso piano techniques and different musical elements to create diversity for each variation. To all pianists, this work definitely is a big challenge .
This lecture paper contains two main sections. The first section focuses on the life background and musical style of Rachmaninoff. The second section discusses Corelli variations, including its compositional background, formal structure and variation technique.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:NSYSU/oai:NSYSU:etd-0203110-130531
Date03 February 2010
CreatorsJan, Ya-ting
ContributorsWan-Jong Chou, Yea-Shiuh Lin, Ying, Kwang-I
PublisherNSYSU
Source SetsNSYSU Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Archive
LanguageCholon
Detected LanguageEnglish
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Sourcehttp://etd.lib.nsysu.edu.tw/ETD-db/ETD-search/view_etd?URN=etd-0203110-130531
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