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Ernst von DOHNANYI: Variations on a Nursery Tune It is subtitled For the enjoyment of humorous people and for the annoyance of others. A musical joke, Angst and gripping horror set into notes by alternating Wagner tubas and Vaughn Williams, after the major buildup, the tune Twinkle Twinkle Little Star pops the bubble. a funny parody of famous musicians (Wagner, R. Strauss, Brahms, Debussy, Saint - Saens etc...), played by a wonderful pianist ...Having said that, Smith’s is one of the finest interpretations of the work I’ve heard. Cyril Smith plays Dohnanyi Variations on a nursery theme Op. 25 Liverpool Philarmonic OrchestraDr. Malcolm Sargent recorded in 1944Complete Set 3x78 rpm records Orig Issue UK ColumbiaCondition:Better than EXCELLENT PRISTINE, plays EXCEPTIONALLY QUIET A CHOICE COPYCyril James Smith OBE (11 August 1909 – 2 August 1974)[1] was a virtuoso concert pianist of the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s, and a piano teacher.BirthplaceSmith was born at Costa Street, Middlesbrough, England, the son of Charles Smith, a foundry bricklayer, and Eva Harrison, and had an older brother and sister.[2] He married Andrée Antoinette Marie Paty in 1931, but the couple divorced.[2]In 1937 he married Phyllis Sellick. They had a son, Graham, and a daughter, Clare and remained married until his death.[3] Smith died in 1974 at his home in East Sheen, London, as a result of a stroke.[2][4]PerformingFrom 1926 to 1930, Cyril Smith studied with Herbert Fryer (a student of Tobias Matthay and Ferruccio Busoni) at the Royal College of Music, winning medals and prizes[2] including the Daily Express piano contest in 1928 and made his concert début in Birmingham in 1929.[4] He performed as an off-screen piano accompanist in several of the 30-line Baird system television broadcasts of 1935[2][5][6] and joined the BBC when they took over. It was at the BBC's early television studios that he met his future second wife, the pianist Phyllis Sellick.[1][7][8][9]In 1934, Smith left the BBC to take up an appointment as professor of pianoforte at the Royal College of Music. Smith and Sellick married in 1937, pursuing solo careers. During the Second World War Cyril Smith performed concerts for ENSA but in 1941 he and his wife began performing together as a piano duo at the Proms,[10][11] and made many international concert tours for ENSA and the British Council In 1945, they toured the Far East,[2] where the hazards to contend with included small animals lodged in pianos and out-of-tune instruments.Smith's work was largely from the Rachmaninoff, Chopin, Schubert, Balakirev, and Albéniz repertoire. Malcolm Arnold, Sir Arthur Bliss, Gordon Jacob and Ralph Vaughan Williams also wrote music for the duo.[12][13][14] Among Cyril Smith's many performances[15] were appearances at The Barn Theatre,[4] Oxted, in the 1930s and at the Proms in 1930, 1937, 1941, 1944, 1946, 1953 and 1969.[4][16]In 1956, while in the city of Kharkiv in Ukraine at the start of a concert tour of the Soviet Union he experienced thrombosis and had a stroke that paralysed his left arm.[2][4][12][14][17][18][19] However, with music arranged by themselves, or written or arranged by composer friends, Smith and Sellick were able to continue to perform concerts of three-handed music as a piano duo.[14]Notable among the works composed for them was Malcolm Arnold's Concerto for Two Pianos (3 hands), Op. 104, dedicated to the performers,[20] who premiered it at the Proms in 1969 and recorded it in 1970.[21] The Variations on a Nursery Tune, Op. 25, is a piece for piano and orchestra by Erno Dohnányi. It is subtitled For the enjoyment of humorous people and for the annoyance of others. Written in 1914, it captures the spirit of Romanticism, and manages to delight and enthrall in its sparkling piano writing and lush orchestral textures, and its wit in the treatment of the theme – the French nursery song Ah, vous dirai-je, Maman, otherwise known as Twinkle Twinkle Little Star. Like Dohnányi, Mozart also wrote variations on this nursery tune (K. 265/300e). Structure and analysisThe Variations on a Nursery Tune consists of an Introduction and Theme, 11 Variations and a Coda. Introduction. MaestosoTheme. AllegroVariation I. Poco più mossoVariation II. RisolutoVariation III. L'istesso tempoVariation IV. Molto meno mosso (Allegretto moderato)Variation V. Più mossoVariation VI. Ancora più mosso (Allegro)Variation VII. Walzer (Tempo Giusto)Variation VIII. Alla marcia (Allegro moderato)Variation IX. PrestoVariation X. Passacaglia (Adagio non troppo)Variation XI. Choral (Maestoso)Finale fugato (Allegro vivace)The Introduction is Wagnerian in its writing, with faux pathos, brasses blaring and strings thick and dense. The outline of the theme appears indistinctly but unmistakably in the horns, a hint of what is to come. After a long drawn-out conclusion which grows ever quieter while continually building the tension, we have a belch from the orchestra and a short pause, followed by a quiet restatement of the theme on the piano accompanied by pizzicato strings. What follows is a witty, artful set of variations ranging from the innocent first variation to the romantic third variation, the scurrying sixth variation, the boisterous, overcooked waltz in the seventh variation and the pathos-laden tenth variation which alludes to the Wagnerian opening. Dohnányi treats the piano and orchestra as equals – every instrument is given its chance to shine. Dohnányi alludes to many different works, or composers' distinctive compositional styles, in the piece. For instance, variation 8 suggests the march from the second movement of Tchaikovsky's "Little Russian" Symphony. Debussy is alluded to, with the ethereal harmonies of the 11th variation. Dohnányi pokes fun at nearly every composer his audience of 1914 would have been familiar with. More Great Records on sale right now: CLICK ON THIS LINK TO SEE MORE GREAT RECORDS CLICK ON THIS LINK TO SEE ALL ITEMS - VINTAGE BOOKS, VICTROLA and TURNTABLE ITEMS, CDs, Books and DVDs http://shop.ebay.com/carsten_sf/m.html ==== A Quick NOTE ON GRADING AND SHIPPING: As you can see from my feedback, I try hard to earn your POSITIVE FEEDBACK and FIVE STAR RATINGS. If for any reason your transaction was NOT SATISFACTORY, pls contact me and I will work something out with you. YOU WILL NEVER HAVE A REASON TO GIVE ME A NEGATIVE RATING or a LOW STAR RATING. Quick note on grading: The Grade (Excellent to Poor, I don't give Mint) refers to the WEAR of the record. 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Artist: CLICK RIGHT ARROW > FOR CONDITION, CYRIL SMITH, Malcom Sargent
Format: Record
Material: Shellac
Genre: Chamber Music, Classical
Record Label: Columbia
Record Size: 12"
Style: Allemande, Ars Nova, Brass, Caprice, Character Piece, Concerto, Duet, Etude, Film Score/Soundtrack, Fugue, Instrumental, Minuet, Music Hall, Nocturne, Octet, Partita, Passacaglia, Prelude, Quartet, Quintet, Rhapsody, Septet, Serenade, Sextet, Sinfonia, Sonata, Suite, Toccata, Trio, Waltz
Speed: 78 RPM
Release Title: DOHNANYI Variations on a Nursery Tune
Catalog Number: DX 8194, DX 8196, DX8194, DX8196
