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Diabelli

American  
[dee-ah-bel-ee] / ˌdi ɑˈbɛl i /

noun

  1. Antonio 1781–1858, Austrian composer and music publisher.


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In 1967, at age 19, he made his grand-scale New York debut, performing Beethoven’s notoriously difficult Diabelli Variations at Philharmonic Hall.

From Washington Post • Feb. 2, 2020

The metaphor for the fast ending might be the string quartet as particle accelerator, shooting "Diabelli" particles into each other and seeing what new particles with dazzlingly strange properties might result.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 20, 2015

He does display impatience, though, with pianists who attempt what Brendel calls "the greatest of all piano works", Beethoven's Diabelli Variations, before they are ready.

From BBC • Dec. 23, 2013

Mr. Serkin took an outgoing, celebratory approach to the Diabelli waltz that is the subject of these variations, letting its mundane qualities speak for themselves without stressing them.

From New York Times • Dec. 11, 2011

It had been sold to Diabelli, who finally refused to return it again, as the engraver's work in each case was thrown away.

From Beethoven by Fischer, George Alexander