The intermediate arrangement was used for a nice
videoclip with French poetry:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTv-qcgv2YM
Excerpt (5 Variations: 1,2,3,4,11) transposed from G to
A minor.
The original Passacaglia of Handel comprises 16
variations over a groundbass (a bassline that is
continually repeated throughout a composition). Both
long-known Passacaglias of César Thomson's for Violin
and Piano (1890) and of Johan Halvorsen’s for Violin
and Viola (1893) are based off...(+)
The intermediate arrangement was used for a nice
videoclip with French poetry:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTv-qcgv2YM
Excerpt (5 Variations: 1,2,3,4,11) transposed from G to
A minor.
The original Passacaglia of Handel comprises 16
variations over a groundbass (a bassline that is
continually repeated throughout a composition). Both
long-known Passacaglias of César Thomson's for Violin
and Piano (1890) and of Johan Halvorsen’s for Violin
and Viola (1893) are based off of Handel’s
Passacaglia. For an arrangement of the later as a Piano
Duet see
https://www.free-scores.com/sheetmusic?p=ay1asudIeD.
Especially the idea of one voice repeating the same
note while the other (middle) voice goes downwards is
used by Handel in the Variation 11, the last one given
here. Many musicians borrowed this idea later as shown
in an arrangement of this final variation.
Arrangement of final variation:
TCL Grade 5 (Trinity College London)
Thank you very much for these great arrangements! We are working on a small arrangement project to include other instruments using the piano parts as the basis.
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