Frédéric Chopin's Variations on "Là ci darem la mano" for piano and orchestra, Op. 2, was written in 1827, when he was aged 17. "Là ci darem la mano" is a duet sung by Don Giovanni and Zerlina in act
Autograph of Chopin‘s Variations Op. 2. Title page with dedication to Tytus Woyciechowski. Woyciechowski‘s handwritten reply upright on the right side.
Opening of the Variations
Friedrich Wieck
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Johann Gottlob Friedrich Wieck was a noted German piano teacher, voice teacher, owner of a piano store, and author of essays and music reviews. He is remembered as the teacher of his daughter, Clara,
Variations on "Là ci darem la mano"
…is no record that Chopin thanked Schumann for his support at this important early stage of his career. Schumann's teacher (and future father-in-law) Friedrich Wieck published a very positive review of the Variations in the German periodical Caecilia. Chopin found the review so embarrassingly cloying that he blocked…
Wieck, aged 45, in the year he met Robert Schumann for the first time