William Dawson Halsey

Beethoven for the Organ William Dawson Halsey

This is an organ arrangement of Beethoven's Eroica Variations. Based on a theme from the Eroica symphony, it actually allows us to see into the mind of Beethoven. It starts by variations on just the bass line, and then the 15 main variations take us on a musical journey that includes humorous variations, a canon in the manner of Clementi, a composer whom Beethoven particularly liked and admired, then a variation that's like a Beethoven slow movement, and finally a three part fugue in the manner of Bach, before a finale grandiose statement of the theme.