Lilliburlero Variations for Two Pianos

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Three Fantastic Variations on Lilliburlero for Two Pianos is a composition by the British composer Madeleine Dring, published in 1948. [1] Maurice Hinson describes it as being an octatonic work comprising three mildly contemporary, moderately difficult conventional variations in common time that rely too heavily on triplets. [2] The composition takes as its theme Lilliburlero, a dance tune sometimes attributed to Henry Purcell, who published it in his Musick's Handmaid (1689). [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Sir Richard Rodney Bennett, "Lilliburlero Variations", Novello, 2008
  2. ↑ Music for More than One Piano: An Annotated Guide (Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, 1983, 2001) ISBN   0-253-21457-2
  3. ↑ Presto Classical, accessed 8 July 2014.


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