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  2. Variation (music) - Wikipedia

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    Jazz arrangers frequently develop variations on themes by other composers. For example, Gil Evans' 1959 arrangement of George Gershwin's song "Summertime" from the opera Porgy and Bess is an example of variation through changing orchestral timbre. At the outset, Evans presents a single variation that repeats five times in subtly differing ...

  3. List of variations on a theme by another composer - Wikipedia

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    Variations on a Theme of Mozart Op. 42 (for two pianos) Variations on a Theme of Mozart Op. 75 (orchestral version) George Malcolm: Variations on a Theme of Mozart (4 harpsichords) Henry Maylath: La ci darem Varied; Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart: Variations on Minuet from Don Giovanni, Op. 2; Max Reger: Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Mozart ...

  4. Composer tributes (classical music) - Wikipedia

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    Variations on a theme by another composer. These are usually written as discrete sets of variations. There are hundreds of examples, including: Ludwig van Beethoven's Diabelli Variations [citation needed] Johannes Brahms's Variations on a Theme by Haydn (which theme was probably not written by Haydn at all) [citation needed]

  5. Thematic transformation - Wikipedia

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    Thematic transformation (also known as thematic metamorphosis or thematic development) is a musical technique in which a leitmotif, or theme, is developed by changing the theme by using permutation (transposition or modulation, inversion, and retrograde), augmentation, diminution, and fragmentation.

  6. Double variation - Wikipedia

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    The double variation (also known as alternating variations) is a musical form used in classical music.It is a type of theme and variations that employs two themes. In a double variation set, a first theme (to be called A here) is followed by a second theme (B), followed by a variation on A, then a variation on B, and so on with alternating A and B variations.

  7. Category:Variations - Wikipedia

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    Canonic Variations on "Vom Himmel hoch da komm' ich her" The Carman's Whistle; Carmen Variations (Horowitz) Carol Symphony; Variations for Orchestra (Carter) Variations for Cello Solo; Chaconne in G minor; Variations on a Theme of Chopin (Mompou) Variations on a Theme of Chopin (Rachmaninoff) Cinque variazioni (Berio) Variations on a Theme of ...

  8. Variations on a Theme - Wikipedia

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    Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Mozart; Introduction and Variations on a Theme by Mozart (Sor) Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell, subtitled The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra; Variations, Interlude and Finale on a Theme by Rameau; Variations on a Theme by Tchaikovsky (Arensky) Variations on a Theme by William Carlos Williams ...

  9. Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel - Wikipedia

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    In Music, Imagination, and Culture Nicholas Cook gives the following concise description: "The Handel Variations consist of a theme and twenty-five variations, each of equal length, plus a much longer fugue at the end which provides the climax of the movement in terms of duration, dynamics, and contrapuntal complexity.