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On a Canon of Beethoven - (2015)
for piano
The canon is found in "Fünf Canons von L. van Beethoven," Series 25, No. 285 of the Complete Works.
The theme is presented as a canon embedded and ornamented in a denser texture as the original notes at a two measure interval. It is then developed and a quote from the 7th Symphony also included as among the episodic material just for fun.
A fugue of this canon form and theme is then offered in a faster tempo and respelled as a 6/8 lilt.
4 pages, circa 4' 40" - an MP3 demo is here:
The score is available as a free PDF download, though any major commercial performance or recording of the work is prohibited without prior arrangement with the composer. Click on the graphic below for this piano score.
