Variations on an Original Theme Op. 21/1 and a Hungarian Song Op. 21/2
Urtext based on the Brahms Complete Edition of the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Vienna
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Urtext based on the Brahms Complete Edition of the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Vienna. Composed by Johannes Brahms. Edited by Eusebius Mandyczewski. Solo instruments; stapled. Edition Breitkopf. Variations; Romantic. Score. 24 pages. Breitkopf and Haertel #EB 6006. Published by Breitkopf and Haertel (BR.EB-6006).ISBN 9790004165492. 9 x 12 inches.
The story of the origins of the Variations op. 21 is typical on the whole for the evolution of a composition by Brahms from inception to printing status. Brahms wrote the pieces in 1853/54 ( Variations on a Hungarian Song ) and 1857 ( Variations on an Original Theme ). Then he sought the advice of his friend Joseph Joachim, who suggested that Brahms put the Hungarian Variations aside "for a while." It was not until July 1861 - and perhaps after comprehensive revisions - that Brahms sent both variation cycles to his publisher Simrock.