Anton Eberl (1765-1807): Variations on a theme from Mozart’s “The Magic Flute”

1) Theme: “Bei Männern, welche Liebe fühlen”: 00:00 2) Variation 1: 00:58 2) Var. 2: 01:33 4) Var. 3: 02:06 5) Var. 4: 02.42 6) Var. 5: 03:18 7) Var. 6: 04:00 8) Var. 7: 04:58 9) Var. 8: 05:39 10) Var.9: 06:23 11) Var.10: 08:14 12) Var. 11: 09:02 13) Var. 12: 11:21 Anton Eberl was musically very gifted as a child; he gave his first recital at the age of eight. He later began to study law, but due to his family’s growing financial difficulties, he had to stop his studies in that area. But that gray cloud had a silver lining, for now, Anton could dedicate himself all the more to music! He became a friend of Mozart and his family; some say he had most likely been a pupil of that great composer. Upon Mozart’s death in 1791, Eberl remained a friend of Constanze (the wife of Mozart). In the winter of 1795-96, he even went on a tour of Germany with Constanze and her sister Aloysia. (I have no idea whether certain romantic interests were in play here; I’ll leave it to you to speculate.) A virtuoso of the harpsichord, and increasingly, of the piano as well, Eberl was highly respected by the music-loving public; he gave many recitals. He married in the spring of 1796, and soon thereafter, he and his wife moved to Russia, where he worked as Kapellmeister, teacher and pianist. He was a good friend of Ludwig van Beethoven (gee, I wish I had friends like Mozart and Beethoven!). As a composer, he was so skilled that some unscrupulous publishing companies printed certain works of his and sold them as being works of the late Mozart! Eberl did not care for such deceit at all, and always pointed out which works were indeed his own, and which had been composed by his famous friend. In early 1807, at the age of only 41, Eberl contracted scarlet fever, and died on March 11 of that year. That he was a virtuoso, I can well believe, judging from the present work: some of the variations are really quite “showy” indeed. I hope you enjoy them! Check out my books at Amazon...1) How to Memorize Music – A Practical Approach for Non-Geniuses https://amzn.to/2ElbmKp 2) How to overcome Stage Fright − The ultimate Guide for performing Musicians https://amzn.to/2ScII1J 3) Play it with Feeling! - Expressing Emotion in Musical Performance https://amzn.to/2Sf61bc All available at Amazon.com Please join my channel! P.S. You might want to join my Facebook Group: "The Digital Harpsichordist":   / 338047326812441