A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Abegg
ABEGG. Schumann's op. 1, published 1831, is entitled 'Thême sur le nom Abegg, varié pour le Pianoforte.' The theme itself is given in vol. iii. p. 408 a. It owed its origin to his introduction to a Miss Meta Abegg, of Mannheim, and was written to please one of his friends who was attached to the lady. The 'Mademoiselle Pauline Comtesse d' Abegg,' to whom the piece is dedicated, is a mythical personage. (See Letters, i. 156, 158; ii. 29.)
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