les folies d'espagne, aka la follia, aka couplets de folies, etc etc

[Justin Ignaz Franz Bieber]

i think it was corelli who wrote the first set of variations on this spanish dance, for violin. i think many others wrote variations as well. i want to collect different versions but all i can find are variations by the following composers:
corelli (violin)
marais (viola da gamba)
gemignani (orchestra)
sor (guitar)

i guess this cd would be a good start but still, i don't think it has every version:

[Daverz]

More Folia compilations.

[Steve]

Indeed, it was Corelli who wrote the original variations. Since its conception though, themes from La Folia appear all over the vioin repotoire. I know Kreisler wrote an adaptation, as did, I believe Paganini, to name a couple not on this list. I'll look into it, though.

[Gurn Blanston]

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[m_gigena]

Rachmaninov's Corelli variations and Liszt's Spanish Rhapsody.

[Justin Ignaz Franz Bieber]

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yessssss that's exactly what i was looking for!  you da man  & it looks like i was right about there being versions by 'a few' other composers i hadn't thought of. i will definitely have to check out the versions by tangerine dream, nobuo uematsu (composer for the final fantasy videogames), ian krouse & britney spears!

[lukeottevanger]

yessssss that's exactly what i was looking for!  you da man  & it looks like i was right about there being versions by 'a few' other composers i hadn't thought of. i will definitely have to check out the versions by tangerine dream, nobuo uematsu (composer for the final fantasy videogames), ian krouse & britney spears!

I have a lovely vision that Gurn has already thoroughly checked out the site, and, being Gurn, has got hold of the entire Britney Spears oeuvre. And, also being Gurn, he has already memorised it all by its catalogue number. Which I assume would naturally have to be a BS number.

[Gurn Blanston]

I have a lovely vision that Gurn has already thoroughly checked out the site, and, being Gurn, has got hold of the entire Britney Spears oeuvre. And, also being Gurn, he has already memorised it all by its catalogue number. Which I assume would naturally have to be a BS number.

Oh, I'm sure everyone else already has, too. BTW, Brittany's works have an WT (white trash) number, actually.

What I do remember is that Corelli was only the 34th chronologically. A couple big names before him were Lully, Marais and Matteis (Matteis being the violinist of those 3).