Georg Ruzitska: Introduction et Variations brillantes sur un thème hongrois, op. 14
Georg Ruzitska: „Introduction” and „Variations brillantes sur un thème hongrois, op. 14”

Summary/Abstract: In 2019 we celebrated the 150th anniversary of the death of Transylvaniancomposer, Georg Ruzitska. Living a long 83 years, he experienced the transition from theClassial to Romantic eras. This period’s myriad historic and artistic developments influencedRuzitska’s music, inspiring the migrant composer’s composition of the Introduction etvariations brillantes sur un tême hongrois op. 14. The work is one of Ruzitska's fourunedited, unpublished cello pieces that lay in the form manuscript on the shelves of theSzéchenyi Library in Budapest. This interesting musical piece is written for cello and piano inthe form of theme and variations and represents many elements of the “verbunkos” style,the contemporary national Hungarian musical idiom. This paper seeks to provide a detaileddescription of the work, with an emphasis on highlighting the above-mentioned stylisticelements.

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