Chamber Music Piano
SKU: PR.160002250
Composed by Vittorio
Giannini. Sws.
Performance Score.
Theodore Presser Company
#160-00225. Published by
Theodore Presser Company
(PR.160002250).
ISBN
9781491138090. UPC:
680160693481.
Power
fully expansive and
meticulously detailed,
Vittorio Giannini’s
VARIATIONS ON A CANTUS
FIRMUS is a major work of
American piano literature
whose architecture
furthers the monumental
ground bass forms of Bach
and Brahms, with harmony
and textures akin to
Scriabin and
Rachmaninoff. Ingeniously
constructed, the 24
variations are grouped
into four movements:
Moderato, Aria, Toccata,
and the
intriguingly-titled final
Interlude which
continuously reimagine
the theme in a variety of
characters, moods, and
colors.