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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