Variations for Piano and Violoncello, Op.66, WoO 45, WoO 46 (Urtext).

Barenreiter Urtext Edition

ISMN: 979-0-006-52916-2

Publication date: 2012

- With numerous corrections in the violoncello part
- Included in the critical commentary is a complete facsimile of the violoncello part of op. 66, as it appeared in the first edition

Edited by Jonathan Del Mar.

Beethoven's three sets of cello variations comprise the “Twelve Variations on a Theme from Händel's Oratorio 'Judas Maccabeus'" (WoO 45), the “Twelve Variations on the theme 'Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen'" (op.66) from Mozart's opera “Die Zauberflöte" and the “Seven Variations on the duet 'Bei Männern, welche Liebe fühlen'" (WoO 46), also from “Die Zauberflöte".

These works have existed in many different editions, some of which have from time to time been (tacitly) reprinted with corrections to keep up to date with the latest scholarship. This new Bärenreiter Urtext edition, however, is the first to give all Beethoven's rhythms in the violoncello part correctly. Beethoven's autograph manuscript of op.66 is lost; the critical commentary (English) includes a complete facsimile of the violoncello part from the only surviving source (the first edition), illustrating the various problems encountered in determining the best musical text.

• Zwölf Variationen über ein Thema aus dem Oratorium "Judas Maccabäus" von Händel WoO 45 - 12 Variations on a Theme from the Oratory Judas Maccabaeus by Handel WoO45
• Zwölf Variationen über das Thema "Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen" aus der Oper "Die Zauberflöte" von Mozart op. 66 - 12 Variations on the Theme 'Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen' from The Magic Flute by Mozart op.66
• Sieben Variationen über das Thema "Bei Männern, welche Liebe fühlen" aus der Oper "Die Zauberflöte" von Mozart WoO 46 - 7 Variations on the theme "Bei Männern, welche Liebe fühlen" from The Magic Flute by Mozart WoO 46