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Variations on a Theme of Chopin (Mompou)

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The work was dedicated to Mompou's friend Pedro Masaveu, a banker who had made available to Mompou his house in which to compose. The variations were premiered by the Catalan pianist Albert Attenelle in 1964 after working with the composer.
312: 57:. Work on this version of the piece started in 1938, but was abandoned. Mompou then published four variations for solo piano, but with the incongruous title 79:
of various piano pieces by Mompou, had been premiered at Sadler's Wells in London in 1955, and was also staged at the 4th Festival de MĂșsica y Danza at
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An orchestration was completed, but this was largely the work of the conductor
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Index

Federico Mompou
variations
Prelude in A major
Frédéric Chopin
cello
collaboration
Gaspar CassadĂł
Kenneth MacMillan
John Lanchbery
Granada
The Royal Ballet
Mazurka
Valse
quotes
Cancion y Danza No. 6
Chopin
Fantaisie-Impromptu
Antoni Ros-MarbĂ 
William Lovelady
Slava
Leonard Grigoryan
Sakura no Sono
Mari Kumamoto
List of variations on a theme by another composer
Allmusic



Naxos

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