{"product_id":"schubert-f-introduction-and-variations-d-802-op-160","title":"Schubert, F :: Introduction and Variations D. 802 (op. 160)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NameInDesc\"\u003eIntroduction and Variations D. 802 (op. 160)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ComposerInDesc\"\u003eSchubert, F\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInternational Music Company presents Franz Schubert's 'Introduction and Variations on 'Trockne Blumen' from 'Die Schone Mullerin' edited by Jean-Pierre Rampal.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThough Austrian composer Franz Schubert (1797-1828) made significant contributions to the symphonic and chamber music repertoire, he is most lauded for his prolific song output he produced over 600 songs in his short 31-year life. From the early success of Gretchen am Spinnrade (1814) and Der Erlkonig (1815) to the masterful song cycles Die schone Mullerin (1823) and Winterreise (1827), his works set a new standard for the genre of song. While Schubert s vocal lines declared the texts of such great poets as Schiller, Goethe, Ruckert, and Muller, his piano writing discarded the role of mere accompaniment, ascended to equal partnership with the voice, and assumed an extra-musical persona that supported the poetry (e.g. the spinning wheel in Gretchen, the brook in Wohin? from Die schone Mullerin, etc.). The Introduction and Variations for flute and piano (1824) uses the 18th song from Die schone Mullerin ('Trockne Blumen') as the basis for a set of variations. This narrative song cycle sets 23 poems from Wilhelm Muller s Seventy-Seven Poems from the Posthumous Papers of a Travelling-Horn-Player and tells the story of a wanderer who falls in love with a miller s beautiful daughter only to have his affections replaced by a hunter wearing green. The wanderer becomes obsessed with the color green, fantasizes about his death, and ultimately drowns in the same river that initially led him to the mill. 'Trockne Blumen' (i.e. Dry Flowers) is one of the last songs in the cycle in which the narrator imagines taking the now withered flowers from the miller s daughter to his grave so that they may spring forth once more and prove that his love was true. Ferdinand Pogner, a flutist and friend of Schubert, commissioned the set of variations specifically on 'Trockne Blumen' after hearing a performance of the song cycle. Though the text of the chosen song may seem quite somber for a set of flute variations, this brilliant tour de force demands equal technical virtuosity from the flutist and the pianist and ends with a triumphant march.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Dr. Amanda Cook\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"International Music Company (IMC)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46968510546214,"sku":"I2179","price":15.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0827\/3559\/5814\/products\/50000000000I2179_d.jpg?v=1697513977","url":"https:\/\/www.flute4u.com\/products\/schubert-f-introduction-and-variations-d-802-op-160","provider":"Carolyn Nussbaum Music Company","version":"1.0","type":"link"}