This composer used a theme from Handel's Harpsichord Suite No. 1 in a set of twenty-five variations for solo piano.
This composer used a theme from Handel's Harpsichord Suite No. 1 in a set of twenty-five variations for solo piano. His late works include a series of clarinet pieces for Richard Mühlfeld and a set of eleven chorale preludes for organ. His violin concerto is the last major piece of its kind to have the soloist improvise a cadenza, though most performances use the one by its dedicatee, Joseph Joachim. This composer quoted (*) drinking songs such as "What comes there from on high?" and "Gaudeamus igitur" in a companion piece to the Tragic Overture titled the Academic Festival Overture. Selections from the Luther Bible, rather than Latin texts, form the basis for his German Requiem. For 10 points, name this German Romantic composer of a namesake lullaby.
This composer used a theme from Handel's Harpsichord Suite No. 1 in a set of twenty-five variations for solo piano.
Johannes Brahms