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William Schumanone of the leading American composers of the middle twentieth century, didn't discover the piece until it was played on the dedicatory organ recital of what is now called Avery Fisher Hall in Lincoln Center, of which Schuman was the president.

As usual for Ivesthe original score had come down through the decades in a bit of a mess; Schuman adhered to E. Power Biggs ' edition of the piece, so the music's polytonality and insolence are Ives ' own. Schuman 's own stamp comes in the extra humor he brought through his typically varied and brilliant scoring.

Always a master of brass and percussion writing, he applied those instruments to the variations to excellent effect. A brief, mock-portentous introduction based on fragments of the melody leads to a sober statement of the full theme by brass over col legno strings.

The first variation keeps the melody in the strings while the woodwinds, brass, and percussion ornament it with exercise-like material. The second variation is sentimental but mildly dissonant, with satiric barbershop cadences midway and at the end. Dissonance soon comes to the fore in a slow, fierce, polytonal statement interrupted by a goofy pizzicato waltz. The fourth variation is an odd minor-mode polonaise prominently featuring the tuba, given an incongruous Spanish flair by castanets and tambourine.

Variations On America a short brass chorale statement of the melody comes a perky treatment that becomes increasingly grandiose. The coda brings back material from the introduction, making it even more pompous than before.

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Streams Videos All Posts. AllMusic Featured Composition Noteworthy. For organ. Edited by Diane Monroe. Arranged by Daniel Dorff. For Violin. Instrumental Collections. Collection Variations On America Play-Along CD. Published by A. This great collection includes music from the Spain and South America. They are arranged in a theme and variation format typical of American fiddling. The Blue Rose Variations is one of several works in which the composer has drawn on ragtime and blues.

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Beginning Fiddle Tunes and Techniques. Composed by Brian Wicklund and April Verch. Beginning Tunes and Techniques. Published by Alfred Music Publishing. By Charles Ives For violin and piano. By Allan Alexander. Music of Spain and South America for Violin by Allan Alexander contains 44 pieces which can be played solo or with a chord instrument.

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