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Re: Beethoven Eroica Variations Tue, Jul 10, 2001 at 10:28:45PM -0400
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Deryk Barker <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 11 Jul 2001 11:52:13 -0700
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Walter Meyer ([log in to unmask]) wrote:

>Could the final section of Britten's *Young Person's Guide to the
>Orchestra* be considered a fugue w/ which a theme w/ variations is
>concluded?

Absolutely.  Indeed the BBC insisted on retitling the work "Variations and
Fugue on a Theme by Purcell:  for its first broadcast.  A title Britten
detested BTW.

Deryk Barker
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