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Alfred Kanwischer's monumental study of these two great variation sets is especially valuable because it comes from a gifted performer and wide-ranging historian who has devoted decades to the intricate details of their construction and meaning. Musicologists often lament the fact that the great performers hesitate to record in words what they have learned from their intense study of works for public performance. Here is a study that documents exactly the kind of in-depth analysis we seek, and one richly interspersed with aphoristic quotes, references to useful secondary literature, and the author's own keen insights. There is nothing quite like this study. -- William Meredith, Director, The Ira F. Brilliant Center for Beethoven Studies, San Jose State University

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Alfred Kanwischer is a noted pianist and scholar. A pupil of Egon Petri and Bela Nagy, he received his DMA from Boston University and has performed for 35 years on three continents as soloist, and duo-pianist with his wife, under Albert Kay Concert Artists Management, New York. He has held faculty positions at Boston University, Tanglewood Institute, Peabody College, and San José State University, where he is currently professor emeritus. His articles have appeared in the Beethoven Journal, The American Music Teacher, and other music journals.

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