Theme and Variations, Op. 42

Composer: KORNGOLD, Erich Wolfgang
  • Korngold composed this piece in 1953. It was intended for school orchestras to play.1
  • Korngold’s score is “dedicated to the American school orchestras.”2
  • In Korngold’s score, the introduction of the theme is marked: “Like an Irish folk tune.”3 The theme is followed by seven variations.4

Sources

  1. Brendan G. Carroll, “Korngold, Erich Wolfgang,” Grove Music Online (January 31, 2020), accessed September 29, 2021, https://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/grovemusic/view/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.001.0001/omo-9781561592630-e-3000000199. 
  2. Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Theme and Variations, Op. 42 (Mainz: Schott, 1954), i.
  3. Ibid., 1.
  4. Ibid., 34.

Cut IDs

23197