Author ORCID Identifier

https://orcid.org/0009-0006-0471-2111

Semester

Summer

Date of Graduation

2023

Document Type

Dissertation

Degree Type

DMA

College

College of Creative Arts

Department

School of Music

Committee Chair

Peter Amstutz

Committee Co-Chair

Lucy Mauro

Committee Member

William Haller

Committee Member

Bruce Kang

Abstract

This research paper is focused on the piano variations by Carl Czerny (1791-1857), with discussion and analysis of six among his 180 sets of piano variations. These six sets of variations include: Les charmes de l'amitié (Charms of Friendship), Op. 55; Variations on a Theme from Oberon, Op. 134; Introduction and Variations on La muette de Portici, Op. 208; Variations brillantes sur un thème favori de l'opéra Hans Heiling de Henri Marschner, Op. 341; Variations on a Motif by Ch. L. Hoffmann, “Souvenir de Boieldieu,” Op. 352; and Eisenbahn Variationen (Variations on a Waltz by Strauss), Op. 431. These six selected sets of variations appeared during a wide timespan within Czerny’s creative output. Their themes come from musical works that were popular during Czerny's time and their beauty is one of the factors that led me to choose these specific sets. This paper also briefly talks about Czerny’s biography and his other piano works, along with presenting the history and development of piano variations in general, to show Czerny’s variations in context.

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