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Diabelli

American  
[dee-ah-bel-ee] / ˌdi ɑˈbɛl i /

noun

  1. Antonio 1781–1858, Austrian composer and music publisher.


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“The Diabelli to me is much more than music,” he says.

From Washington Post • Apr. 8, 2022

This time, Adams limited himself to a few bars from Beethoven's penultimate piano sonata, Opus 110, and the "Diabelli" Variations for all his thematic material.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 20, 2015

And he only moved on to Beethoven's final piano work, the Diabelli, after performing 20 complete cycles of the composer's sonatas.

From BBC • Dec. 23, 2013

Mr. Serkin took an outgoing, celebratory approach to the Diabelli waltz that is the subject of these variations, letting its mundane qualities speak for themselves without stressing them.

From New York Times • Dec. 11, 2011

In the villa of Hetzendorf, Beethoven wrote the Thirty-three Variations on a Waltz by Diabelli, a work which delighted him uncommonly.

From Beethoven: A Memoir (2nd Ed.) by Graeme, Elliott

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