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Also Known As variation set • theme and variations • variation form

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Ludwig van Beethoven
Ludwig van Beethoven
German composer
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Austrian composer
Johann Sebastian Bach
Johann Sebastian Bach
German composer
Joseph Haydn
Joseph Haydn
Austrian composer
Franz Schubert
Franz Schubert
Austrian composer
Johannes Brahms
Johannes Brahms
German composer
Felix Mendelssohn
Felix Mendelssohn
German musician and composer
César Franck, detail of a portrait by J. Rongier; in a private collection.
César Franck
Belgian-French composer
Sergey Rachmaninoff
Sergey Rachmaninoff
Russian musician
Charles Ives
American composer
Elgar, Sir Edward
Sir Edward Elgar
English composer
Leoš Janáček
Leoš Janáček
Czech composer
Antonio de Cabezón
Spanish composer
J.P. Sweelinck
Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck
Dutch composer
Max Reger
German composer
Dohnányi, c. 1920
Ernst von Dohnányi
Hungarian composer
Christopher Simpson
British composer

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