Alexander Glazunov
Alexander Konstantinovich Glazunov; ger, Glasunow (, 10 August 1865 – 21 March 1936) was a Russian composer, music teacher, and conductor of the late Russian Romantic period. He was director of the Saint Petersburg Conservatory between 1905 ...
composed his ''Piano Concerto No. 1 in F minor'', Opus, 92, in 1911, during his tenure as director of the
St. Petersburg Conservatory. The concerto is dedicated to
Leopold Godowsky, whom Glazunov had heard on tour in St. Petersburg in 1905.
Form
The concerto is written in two movements, the second being a
theme and variations
In music, variation is a formal technique where material is repeated in an altered form. The changes may involve melody, rhythm, harmony, counterpoint, timbre, orchestration or any combination of these.
Variation techniques
Mozart's Twelve ...
forming an amalgam of slow movement,
scherzando elements and finale (coda).
[Pott, 6.]
Notes
Bibliography
*Pott, Francis, Notes for Hyperion CDA66877: ''Glazunov: Piano Concertos; Goedicke: Concertstück''; Stephen Coombs, piano;
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra conducted by
Martyn Brabbins.
External links
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Glazunov 1
Piano concerto 1
1911 compositions
Compositions in F minor
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