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Many classical and later composers have written compositions in the form of variations on a theme by another composer. This is an incomplete list of such works, sorted by the name of the original composer. The list does not include variations written on composers' own or original themes, or on folk, traditional or anonymous melodies.
Two famous variation sets from the Baroque era, both originally written for harpsichord, are George Frideric Handel's The Harmonious Blacksmith set, and Johann Sebastian Bach's Goldberg Variations, BWV 988. In the Classical era, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart wrote a great number of variations, such as the first movement of his Piano Sonata in A, K ...
This is a list of composers of the Classical music era, roughly from 1730 to 1820.Prominent classicist composers [1] [2] [3] include Christoph Willibald Gluck, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, Johann Stamitz, Joseph Haydn, Johann Christian Bach, Antonio Salieri, Muzio Clementi, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Luigi Boccherini, Ludwig van Beethoven, Niccolò Paganini, Gioachino Rossini and Franz Schubert.
List of classical music composers by era; List of medieval composers; ... List of variations on a theme by another composer; List of variations on Pachelbel's Canon;
Imitation, where a composer deliberately copies the compositional style of an earlier composer, such as: Siegfried Ochs wrote a set of 14 Humorous Variations on the German Volkslied "Kommt ein Vogel geflogen", in which each variation was in the style of a different composer (they included Bach, Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven and Wagner)
This is a list of classical music composers by era. [1] [2] [3] [4] With the exception of the overview, the Modernist era has been combined with the Postmodern ...
This is a list of composers of 20th-century classical music, sortable by name, year of birth, year of death, nationality, notable works, and remarks. It includes only composers of significant fame and importance. The style of the composer's music is given where possible, bearing in mind that some defy simple classification.
The Classical Period was an era of classical music between roughly 1750 and 1820. [1]The classical period falls between the Baroque and Romantic periods. [2] Classical music has a lighter, clearer texture than Baroque music but a more varying use of musical form, which is, in simpler terms, the rhythm and organization of any given piece of music.