[+] Bomberger, E. Douglas, and Adrienne Fried Block. “On Beach’s Variations on Balkan Themes, Op. 60.” American Music 11 (Autumn 1993): 368-71.
Amy Beach recommended in her essay “Ten Commandments for Young Composers” that when composers approached a new form, they should choose a work to use as a model for their composition. Her Variations on Balkan Themes may have been modeled after Beethoven’s Six Variations, Op. 34, a work that Beach had in her repertoire throughout her career. There is a similar tonal scheme between the two works, though Beach’s is in minor and Beethoven’s in major.
Works: Amy Beach: Variations on Balkan Themes, Op. 60.
Sources: Beethoven: Six Variations, Op. 34 (369-70).
Index Classifications: 1900s
Contributed by: Devin Chaloux
