The musical theme de la Folia of Portuguese origin is among the oldest in European music (16th-17th centuries) and has been used over the centuries several times by various composers to create variations or quotations of it. There are more than 150 composers who have dealt with this captivating theme. The bassoon repertoire also includes among its pieces , compositions dedicated to the theme of “Madness.” In addition to an adaptation of the famous variations by M.Marais, there are the “Variations” by E.Ducreux (1765-1812), the “Variations op. 51” by M.Farago (1924-2016) the “Ten Variations” by bassoonist N.Maler, and in 2023 the “Fantasia-La folia” by Althea Talbot-Howard is added.
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