Andante
3/8 time
Brahms, Variations on a Theme by Schumann, Op. 9, Variation 14 |
Variation 14 is another canon, as were nos. 8, 10, and 15. The following voice is two bars behind the leading voice and one step higher ("canon in seconds"). Both voices are in the right hand. The left hand accompanies with arpeggios that cover two bars and rise and fall more than two octaves.
Pianist David Korevaar describes Variation 14 as "worthy of Bach’s Goldberg Variations" and "carried out in a way redolent of Schubertian melancholy."[1]
Variation 14 resembles the "Chopin" section of Schumann's Carnaval, Op. 9.
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1. David Korevaar, Liner notes, Brahms Variations, Ivory Classics.
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