Talk:Eroica Variations

Discussion on the Reference Desk

There's an interesting discussion going on over at the Humanities Ref Desk about the most appropriate title for this article - see here. -- JackofOz 00:46, 4 November 2007 (UTC)

The first two paragraphs of the Eroica Variations mentions the history of the theme, the catalogue title first and "commonly referred to" title second. I don't think a change is needed here, but I'm also flexible. The other nicknamed works above have the luxury of also being numbered works (e.g. Piano Sonata No. 14 (Beethoven), Piano Concerto No. 5 (Beethoven)), so there was never an issue of the appropriate title for the page as there is here. Using the full catalogue title of the piece as the title of the article might be confusing to readers. Certainly it can't hurt to flesh out the title discussion in the article, though. At present, its all there, but perhaps a bit too terse. DavidRF 02:33, 4 November 2007 (UTC)

Number of Variations

If I'm not mistaken, there are only three variations on the bass line. Do I need to cite this? If so, is a link to the score reliable source? Brett (talk) 13:49, 29 July 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for picking that up. The score at IMSLP lists has "a due", "a tre" and "a quattro" variations above the three bass variations which is probably where the confusion comes from.DavidRF (talk) 15:08, 29 July 2009 (UTC)

Right, every score I've seen so far has that. I think it refers to the number of voices in each of the variations. Brett (talk) 02:04, 30 July 2009 (UTC)