Musical Alteration on Fazil Say's Piano Work Summertime Variations Op. 20

: The piece is a ternary (A-B-A) structure. It begins and ends very quietly ( cantabile ) with a meditation on the opening motif. The central section is a "swinging and extremely virtuoso" set of Presto Variations .

: Discusses how Say combines elements of the ballad and swing, including the use of "scalic passages" that act like echoes of the original motif. Summary of the Work