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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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In 1967, at age 19, he made his grand-scale New York debut, performing Beethoven’s notoriously difficult Diabelli Variations at Philharmonic Hall.

From Washington Post • Feb. 2, 2020

On Sunday, Steven Beck caps his two-part survey of Beethoven’s complete Variations and Bagatelles, including the monumental Diabelli Variations.

From New York Times • Jul. 23, 2015

The metaphor for the fast ending might be the string quartet as particle accelerator, shooting "Diabelli" particles into each other and seeing what new particles with dazzlingly strange properties might result.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 20, 2015

He does display impatience, though, with pianists who attempt what Brendel calls "the greatest of all piano works", Beethoven's Diabelli Variations, before they are ready.

From BBC • Dec. 23, 2013

Schindler says that the younger composer, whose "Variations on a French Air" had just been published by Diabelli and dedicated to Beethoven, went with the publisher to present the offering in person.

From Among the Great Masters of Music Scenes in the Lives of Famous Musicians by Rowlands, Walter

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