Variations - Clarinet and Piano

Composed in Rossini's 17th year (1809), this delightful set of variations, written while a problem student of the dull teacher Padre Mattei in Bologna, serves as an early example o fthe melody an dinvention that were to place him as on of the great operatic masters of the 19th Century. - Editor's Note

Transcribed and arranged by John Neufeld, edited by Mitchell Lurie. Originally composed for clarinet in C, the piano accompaniment has here been transposed down to B-flat major to accomodate a B-flat clarinet playing the original written pitches.  Please note that these are NOT the later and more famous Introduction, Theme and Variations of 1819 for clarinet and orchestra.