Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Mozart
- Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Mozart
The "Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Mozart", opus 132, is a set of variations for orchestra composed in 1914 by Max Reger; the composer conducted the premiere in Berlin on February 5, 1915. The theme is drawn from the first movement of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Piano Sonata in A, K. 331, and is first presented by the oboe and two clarinets before being repeated by strings. Its second part appears again in the oboe and clarinet supported by high strings, and then is again repeated by the string section. Eight variations follow; the ninth is a fugue, in which the subject appears first in first violins before being answered after eight bars by the second violins. The piece concludes with a final, forceful statement of the theme by trumpets.
References
*David Ewen, "Encyclopedia of Concert Music". New York; Hill and Wang, 1959.
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