Webern Variations Op. 27 Analysis

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0 1 9 11 8 10 4 5 6 2 3 7 <-- R 11 0 8 10 7 9 3 4 5 1 2 6 3 4 0 2 11 1 7 8 9 5 6 10 1 2 10 0 9 11 5 6 7 3 4 8 4 5 1 3 0 2 8 9 10 6 7 11 2 3 11 1 10 0 6 7 8 4 5 9 8 9 5 7 4 6 0 1 2 10 11 3 7 8 4 6 3 5 11 0 1 9 10 2 6 7 3 5 2 4 10 11 0 8 9 1 10 11 7 9 6 8 2 3 4 0 1 5 9 10 6 8 5 7 1 2 3 11 0 4 5 6 2 4 1 3 9 10 11 7 8 0 read RI up I

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P- 4 7- 11 I-6 11 -15 R -1 1 15- 18 I- 6   RR -11 RI-1 1 P-4 RI -11 ---------------------------------------------------------------19-2 2 I -11 2 2-2 6 R- 5 26 -30 I -4 30 -32 R- 1 0   RI R I-4 P - 10 RI- 9 P- 3 32-3 4 I -9 34- 36 P -8   RI R I-2 R- 3 ---------------------------------------------------------------37-4 3 P -8 43- 46 R I- 3 47 -51 I -3 51 -54 R- 8   RR -3 I- 10 R I-8 P- 1 II 1-6

P- 8 I- 10

6- 11

P- 3 I- 3

11-1 7

I- 8 P-1 0

17- 22

I- 5 P- 1

III 1-5 R- 3 5 -9 RI- 3 9- 12 P- 8 ---------------------------------------------------------------12-1 4 R -4 14- 17 I-1 0 18 I-1 1 19 I -5 20-2 1 I -11 2 2-2 3 I- 4 23 -25 I-9 2 5-2 7 P-2 28-3 0 P -9 30- 32 I-4 3 2-33 P- 9 ---------------------------------------------------------------33-3 5 R I-0 36- 37 I-7 3 8-4 0 R I-11 40 -42 R-3 ---------------------------------------------------------------43-4 6 I -9 46- 48 R-6 4 8-50 I- 0 50- 51 P -2 51-5 3 I -3 53- 54 R-0 5 4-55 I- 6 ---------------------------------------------------------------56-5 7 R -3 58- 59 P-8 5 9-61 RI -4 6 1-6 2 I-1 1 63-6 4 P -1 64- 66 RI- 3