720BTC718718BBM/twelve_variations_on_a_theme12TWELVE VARIATIONS ON A THEMEFor pianoTwelve variations

Published title (1986)

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Twelve variations on a theme

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Published as 'Twelve Variations'.

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Holographs

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Composition draft

99910ms-sourcesManuscript SourcesComposition draftCompleteBBM/twelve_variations_on_a_theme/1/11 Apr 1931

Draft with date and signatures. Includes a discarded section at the bottom of page 4r.

1 manuscript; 6 pages [1r-6r]

Pencil; 26.3 x 35.5 cm. Paper manufacturer = A L. See Title Page of Collected Volume.

'12 / Variations / on a / Theme / For Pianoforte / [signature]'.

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Fair copy

100010ms-sourcesManuscript SourcesFair copyCompleteBBM/twelve_variations_on_a_theme/1/25 May 1931

Fair copy with date and signatures.

1 manuscript; 6 pages [1r-6r]

Black ink; 26.3 x 35.5 cm. Paper manufacturer = A L. See Title Page of Collected Volume

' 12 Variations on a Theme / for / Pianoforte / [signature]'.

10001000BBM/twelve_variations_on_a_theme/1/2817193019313270000000704932818193019315500000007049703872001000Concert performance22 Jun 1986895Snape Maltings Concert Hall, Aldeburgh Festival.

Murray Perahia pf.

089519301935900000007065453972000000Broadcast22 Jun 1986896BBC Radio 3 (relay of first performance).

Murray Perihia pf.

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Composed as part of Britten's studies with John Ireland at the Royal College of Music.

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Feb-Mar 1974

Chamber8 May 19318212 Jun 1931822Feb-Mar 1974

For further details see individual movements.

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The original slow movement (composed 15-18 May 1931) was discarded, although the draft survives in the archive (see Sources).

The work was given a private run-through by the Stratton Quartet on 16 March 1932. It was revised by the composer in 1974 as a first step towards returning to composition after his heart surgery the previous year. At Britten's request the Gabrieli String Quartet gave the work a run-through on 20 March 1974 in the Library at The Red House so that he could evaluate his revisions.

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