Author: Suzanne
Date: 2002-04-20 21:53
Actually,
the third movement is an especially jolly set of variations based on a popular tune from Joseph Weigl's opera L'amour mariano (premired in Vienna on October 15, 1797), "Pria ch'io l'impegno", which can be translated loosely as "Before I work, I must have something to eat!"
(Plagiarized from the program notes in the CD I have of the piece)
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