The influence of Wolfgang Ebner's Ferdinand variations on Bach, Beethoven and others

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Cooper, B. and Buurman, E. 2012. The influence of Wolfgang Ebner's Ferdinand variations on Bach, Beethoven and others. The Musical Times. 153 (1921), pp. 17-28.
AuthorsCooper, B. and Buurman, E.
Abstract

Wolfgang Ebner (1612–65) published a set of 36 keyboard variations in 1648. These appear to have had a direct influence on Bach's 'Goldberg' variations, and also, through their republication in Vienna in 1818, on Archduke Rudolph's 40 Variations on a Theme by Beethoven, and Beethoven's own 'Diabelli' variations. Furthermore, Ebner's theme, composed by Emperor Ferdinand III, is strikingly echoed in Schubert's Impromptu in C minor, D.899 No. 1..

Year2012
JournalThe Musical Times
Journal citation153 (1921), pp. 17-28
PublisherThe Musical Times Publications
ISSN0027-4666
Official URLhttp://www.jstor.org/stable/41703540
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