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VANHAL – Variations in C Major – TWO CELLOS AND PIANO

Other Identification:
Johann Baptist Wanhal (12th May 1739 – 20th August 1813) was a Czech composer of the Classical period. He was born in Nechanice, Bohemia, and died in Vienna. His music was well respected by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Joseph Haydn, Ludwig van Beethoven and Franz Schubert. He was an instrumental performer as well. While being a proficient organist, he also played the violin and cello.
Wanhal was a prolific writer; attributed to him are 100 quartets, at least 73 symphonies, 95 sacred works, and a large number of instrumental and vocal works. The best of the symphonies, in particular, are comparable with many of Haydn’s. He also wrote three cello concertos.
Around 1780 Wanhal seems to have stopped writing large-scale instrumental music, and rather contented himself with writing piano music for the growing middle class, and church music. Maybe this was partly because such was his success, that within a few years of his symphonies being written, they were being performed around the world, and as far distant as the United States.
In later life, however, he rarely moved from Vienna, where he was also an active teacher.

Movements or sections:
Theme, 6 Variations, and Coda
Duration about 6 minutes.

Instrumentation:
TWO CELLOS AND PIANO
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2 PDFs, one for both cello parts, and the other for piano

Approximate difficulty:
Cello 1 medium-to-difficult
Cello 2 – medium
A very fine arrangement and presentation by cellist Orfeo Mandozzi

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