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List of variations on a theme by another composer

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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.

Many of these works are called simply "Variations on a Theme of/by ...". Other works, which often involve substantial development or transformation of the base material, may have more fanciful titles such as Caprice, Fantasy, Paraphrase, Reminiscences, Rhapsody, etc. These other types of treatments are not listed here unless there is evidence that they include variations on a theme.

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{{anchor|A}}[[Adam de la Halle]]

  • Rolande Falcinelli: Variations sur un rondeau d'Adam de la Halle (from 14 Études insérées dans l'{{Not a typo|Initation}} à l'orgue)

[[Adolphe Adam]]

[[Dionisio Aguado y García]]

[[Antoine Albanèse]]

[[Charles-Valentin Alkan]]

  • Peter Lamb (1925-2013): [http://www.fullermusic.co.uk/spweb/details.php?catno=RM684 Alkan Variations] for two double basses and piano (2002). Based on the theme of Alkan's Le festin d'Ésope.
  • Ronald Stevenson: Le Festin d'Alkan RSS 337 (piano; 1988–97). The third movement consists of multiple variations on themes by Alkan. The composer's note states "This work encapsulates my idea that composition, transcription and variation are all essentially the same thing".[http://www.ronaldstevensonsociety.org.uk/scores_instrumental.htm Ronald Stevenson Society website] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130312180525/http://www.ronaldstevensonsociety.org.uk/scores_instrumental.htm |date=2013-03-12 }}[http://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/694 Mark Gasser, "Ronald Stevenson, Composer-Pianist: An Exegetical Critique from a Pianistic Perspective", PhD diss. ([Western Australia]: Edith Cowan University, 2013)]: {{Page needed|date=January 2014}}

[[Alexander Alyabyev]]

  • Mikhail Glinka: Variations on "The Nightingale" in E minor (piano; 1833)

[[Louis Angely]]

  • Johann Nepomuk Hummel: Variations brillantes on Das Fest der Handwerken, Op. 115 (piano and orchestra; 1830)

[[Thomas Arne]]

[[Daniel Auber]]

  • Carl Czerny:
  • Brilliant variations on the Tyrolean theme from La fiancée, Op. 228 (piano 6-hands)
  • Variations brillantes sur le duo favori "Dépéchons, travaillons" ("Ohne Rast, angefasst") de l'opéra Le Maçon (piano 4-hands)
  • Grandes variations di bravura on Fra Diavolo, Op. 232 (piano solo)
  • César Franck: Variations brillantes sur la ronde favorite de Gustave III (piano and orchestra; 1834/35)
  • Henri Herz:
  • Variations concertantes sur la tyrolienne favorite de La fiancée, Op. 56 (violin and piano)
  • Variations concertantes sur la barcarolle favorite de Fra Diavolo, Op. 59 (violin and piano)
  • Variations concertantes sur la marche favorite du Philtre (Der Liebestrank), Op. 70 (piano 4-hands)
  • Variations et rondo sur Le lac des fées, Op. 114
  • Fantaisie et variations brillantes sur des motifs de La sirene

[[Marx Augustin]]

  • Henri Herz: Variations sur l'air allemand "O Mein lieber Augustin" (piano 4-hands)
  • Johann Nepomuk Hummel: Variations on "O du lieber Augustin" in C major, S. 47, WoO 2 (orchestra)
  • Franz Krommer: Variations on "Oh du lieber Augustin" in D major, Op. 59, P IX:10 (flute quartet)
  • Paul Wranitzky:
  • Variations on "Oh du lieber Augustin" (xylophone, strings, trumpet and drums)
  • Variations on "Oh du lieber Augustin" (orchestra)

{{anchor|B}}[[Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach]]

  • Julius Bürger: Variations on a Theme of Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (orchestra)

[[Johann Sebastian Bach]]

  • Elia Alessandro Calderan: Bach Variations (Variazioni sur un preludio di J S Bach)
  • Elliot del Borgo: Chorale Paraphrase - based upon the chorale "Sleepers Awake" (concert band; 1999)
  • Norman Dello Joio: Variants on a Bach Chorale, for orchestra, 1986
  • Edison Denisov: "Es ist genug", Variations on "Es ist genug" (It is enough) from Bach's cantata O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort, BWV 60, setting a melody by Johann Rudolf Ahle (viola and piano, 1984; viola, flute, oboe, celeste and string quintet, 1986)
  • Ben Emberley: Variations and Fugue on a Theme of J.S Bach, Op. 44 (two pianos; 2021) (Theme is the Gavotte en Rondeau from Partita No. 3 in E major, BWV 1006 )
  • Charlotte Hampe: Variations on a Chorale of Johann Sebastian Bach (violin and viola; 1982)Website of [http://schneidermusik.de/noten/product_info.php?products_id=85933&language=en Schneider Musik]
  • Richard Kearns:
  • Variation on an Invention by J. S. Bach (winds; brass)
  • Variations on Fugue BWV 1080
  • Variation on a Theme by Bach ("Playing a round with Bach")
  • Giorgi Latso: Variations on a Theme of J. S. Bach
  • Franz Liszt: Variations on a Theme from Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen (BWV 12), S.180 (piano; 1862), based on BWV 12
  • David Matthews: Variations on Bach's Chorale Die Nacht ist Kommen Op 40 (for strings, 1986)
  • Max Reger: Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Bach, Op. 81 (piano; 1904)
  • Marga Richter: Variations and Interludes on Themes from Monteverdi and Bach (concerto for violin, cello, piano and large orchestra; 1992)
  • Georg Schumann: Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Bach, Op. 59 (orchestra)[http://www.georgschumanngesellschaft.de/de_werkverzeichnis.html Georg Schumann Gesellschaft]. Retrieved 23 June 2018
  • Robert Simpson: Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Bach (strings; 1991)
  • Reginald Smith Brindle: Variants on Two Themes of J. S. Bach (guitar; 1970)
  • Ronald Stevenson: 18 Variations on a Bach Chorale (piano; 1946)
  • Alexander Winkler: Variations and Fugue on a Theme by J. S. Bach, in E♭ major for 2 pianos, Op. 12 (1906)

[[Béla Bartók]]

  • Reena Esmail: Il giuoco del "giuoco delle coppie": Variations on a Theme of Béla Bartók (piano; 2004)
  • Ivo Petrić: Variations on a Theme of Bartók (viola and piano; 1954)

[[Antoine-Laurent Baudron]]

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: 12 Variations in E-flat major on the Romance "Je suis Lindor" from Le barbier de Seville, K. 354 (piano)

[[Arnold Bax]]

  • Ronald Stevenson: Fugue, Variations and Epilogue on a Theme of Bax (piano; 1982–83; 2003)

[[Ludwig van Beethoven]]

  • Edwin Carr: 6 Variations on a Theme by Beethoven (piano; 1992)
  • Carl Czerny: Variations on the Beloved "Sehnsucht Waltz" by Beethoven
  • Stephen Heller:
  • 33 Variations on a Theme of Beethoven, Op. 130
  • 21 Variations on a Theme of Beethoven, Op. 133
  • Franz Hummel: 33 Veränderungen über einen Walzer von Anton Diabelli (a paraphrase of Beethoven's Variations?) (piano; 2006/07)Neos 20807/08
  • Ilja Hurník: Variations on a Theme of Beethoven (viola and piano; 1998)
  • Friedrich Kuhlau:
  • 9 Variations on "Heart, My Heart, What Is Giving?" (Op. 75/2), Op. 72a (piano 4-hands; 1826)
  • Variations on "The Quails Beating" (WoO 129), Op. 75 (piano 4-hands; 1826)
  • Variations on "The Luck of Life" (Op. 88), Op. 76 (piano 4-hands; 1826)
  • Variations on "Longing" (Op. 83/2), Op. 77 (piano 4-hands; 1826)
  • Max Reger: Variations and Fugue on a theme of Beethoven (orchestra or for two pianos)
  • Rudolf, Archduke of Austria: Forty Variations on a Theme by Beethoven (piano, on "O Hoffnung", WoO 200)
  • Camille Saint-Saëns: Variations on a Theme of Beethoven, Op. 35 (2 pianos; 1874; on the Trio from movement III, Menuetto, of Piano Sonata No. 18, Op. 31/3)
  • Franz Schmidt: Concertante Variations on a Theme of Beethoven (piano left hand and orchestra; 1923)
  • Georg Schumann: Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Beethoven, Op. 32 (2 pianos)
  • Robert Schumann:
  • Studies in the Form of Free Variations on a Theme by Beethoven, WoO. 31 (piano)
  • Variations on a Theme by Beethoven (unpub.)
  • Peter Sculthorpe:
  • Beethoven Variations (versions for didgeridoo and orchestra; orchestra with optional didgeridoo; 2003)
  • Robert Simpson: Variations and Finale on a Theme by Beethoven (piano; 1990)
  • Rafał Stradomski: Beethoven Variations (piano; 2008)
  • Hans Zender: 33 Veränderungen über 33 Veränderungen (Ensemble; 2010/11)[http://www.ensemble-modern.com Ensemble Modern]

[[Jack Behrens]]

  • Godfrey Ridout: Ontario Variations: 4 Variations on a Theme by Jack Behrens (piano; 1979)

[[Vincenzo Bellini]]

  • Charles-Valentin Alkan: Variations sur "La tremenda ultrice spada" d' I Capuleti e i Montecchi de Bellini, Op. 16/5 (piano, 1834).
  • Ole Bull: Fantaisie et variations de bravoure sur un thème de Bellini, Op. 3 (violin and orchestra)
  • Frédéric Chopin: see Hexameron
  • Carl Czerny:
  • Introduction, Variations and Polacca after a Theme from Il pirata, Op. 160 (piano and orchestra)
  • Variations brillantes on a Theme from Norma, Op. 197 (piano 6-hands)
  • Grand Trio No. 4 Air from I Capuleti e i Montecchi with Variations, Op. 295 (piano 6-hands)
  • Brilliant Variations on a Theme from Norma, Op. 297 (piano 6-hands)
  • Fantaisie et variations sur I puritani, Op. 376
  • Variations sur un motif de l'opera La sonnambula, Op. 333/2 (piano)
  • see also Hexameron
  • Louise Farrenc: Variations sur un thème des Capuleti de Bellini, Op. 29 (piano 4-hands, arrangements for 2 or 3 pianos)[http://imslp.org/wiki/List_of_compositions_by_Louise_Farrenc IMSLP: List of compositions by Louise Farrenc]
  • Mikhail Glinka: Variations on a Theme from I Capuleti e i Montecchi in C major (piano; 1832)
  • Henri Herz:
  • Grandes variations seul sur la marche favorite de l'opéra I puritani, Op. 82
  • Fantaisie et variations sur un thème favori de Bellini, Op. 90 (piano and orchestra)
  • Variations Brillantes on a Theme by Bellini - La Sonnambula, Op. 105
  • see also Hexameron
  • Hexameron, a collaborative piano work by Frédéric Chopin, Carl Czerny, Henri Herz, Franz Liszt, Johann Peter Pixis and Sigismond Thalberg, who all wrote variations on a theme from I puritani
  • Friedrich August Kummer: Adagio et variations sur un thème de l'opéra I Capuleti e i Montecchi, Op. 31 (cello and piano or string quartet)
  • Franz Liszt: see Hexameron
  • Joseph Merk: Air final varié de La sonnambula, Op. 37
  • Elias Parish Alvars: Introduction and Variations on Themes from Norma (harp)
  • Johann Peter Pixis: see Hexameron
  • Clara Schumann: Variations de Concert on a Cavatina from Bellini's Il Pirata, Op. 8 (piano)
  • Sigismond Thalberg:
  • Grande fantaisie et variations sur un motif de l'opéra I Montecchi et Capuleti, Op. 10
  • Grande fantaisie et variations sur des motifs de l'opéra Norma, Op. 12
  • See also Hexameron

[[Alban Berg]]

  • T. J. Anderson: Variations on a Theme by Alban Berg (viola and piano; 1977)
  • Ross Lee Finney: Variations on a Theme by Alban Berg (piano; 1977, on the opening theme of the Violin Concerto)
  • Hans Erich Apostel: First string quartet (variations on a theme from Wozzeck in the 2nd movement)

[[Luciano Berio]]

  • Carlos Stella: Pastiches, Parodies and Variations on two themes by Stravinsky and Berio (piccolo clarinet, trombone, xylorimba and vibraphone)

[[Charles Auguste de Bériot]]

  • José Ferrer: Fantasía con variaciones sobre un tema de Bériot, Op. 3 (guitar)

[[Hector Berlioz]]

  • Walter Braunfels: Phantastiche Erscheinungen eines Themas von Hector Berlioz ( Fantastic Appearances of a Theme by Berlioz), Op. 25, for symphony orchestra (1914–1917; the theme is the "Song of the Flea" from La damnation de Faust)
  • Ronald Stevenson: Variations vocalises sur deux thèmes de Les Troyens (mezzo-soprano and orchestra; 1969)
  • John Scott Whiteley: Variations on a Theme of Berlioz, Op. 1 (organ; 1973/84)

[[Leonard Bernstein]]

  • John Williams: "For New York" (Variations on theme by Leonard Bernstein) (1988)

[[Henri-Montan Berton]]

[[Francesco Bianchi (composer)|Francesco Bianchi]]

Sir [[Henry Bishop (composer)|Henry Bishop]]

[[Georges Bizet]]

[[François-Adrien Boieldieu]] and [[Sophie Gail]]

  • Henri Herz: Variations brillantes sur l'air favori "Ma Fanchette est charmante" (from Angéla, ou L'atelier de Jean Cousin), Op. 10

[[Johannes Brahms]]

[[Frank Bridge]]

[[Benjamin Britten]]

  • Gary Kulesha: Variations on a Theme by Benjamin Britten (2003)

[[Anton Bruckner]]

  • Lowell Liebermann Variations on a Theme of Anton Bruckner, Op. 19 (1986)
  • Marian Lejava Ciaccona (sonata no.1) for solo violin with a Theme of Anton Bruckner, Op. 14 (2010-12)

[[Johann Friedrich Franz Burgmüller|Friedrich Burgmüller]]

  • Henri Herz: Variations caractéristiques sur un thème arabe ("Pas de l'abeille", de La péri), Op. 137

[[William Byrd]]

  • Sérgio Azevedo: The Leaves Be Greene: Simple Variations on a Ground of William Byrd (viola and strings; 2000)
  • Ruth Gipps: Variations on Byrd's "Non nobis", for small orchestra, Op. 7 (1942)

{{anchor|C}}[[Antonio de Cabezón]]

  • Manuel Ponce: Variations on a Theme of Cabezón (guitar; 1948)

[[André Campra]]

[[Michele Carafa]]

  • Amédée Méreaux: Adagio, variations et polonaise sur un thème favori de Carafa, Op. 21

[[Luigi Carlini]]

  • Mikhail Glinka: Variations on Two Themes from the ballet Chao-Kang in D major (piano; 1831)

[[Thomas of Celano]]

Thomas is disputed as the author of the words

[[Luigi Cherubini]]

[[Frédéric Chopin]]

[[Muzio Clementi]]

  • Boris Blacher: Variations on a Theme of Muzio Clementi (piano and orchestra; 1961)

[[:fr:Henri Cliquet-Pleyel|Henri Cliquet-Pleyel]]

[[Giuseppe Concone]]

  • Felix Swinstead: Variations on a Theme by Concone (piano)[http://imslp.org/wiki/Variations_on_a_Theme_by_Concone_(Swinstead%2C_Felix) IMSLP]

[[Arcangelo Corelli]]

[[François Couperin]]

{{anchor|D}}[[Nicolas Dalayrac]]

[[Franz Danzi]]

  • Louis Spohr: Fantasy and Variations on a Theme by Danzi, Op. 81 (clarinet and string orchestra; c. 1811)[http://imslp.org/wiki/Fantasy_and_Variations,_Op.81_(Spohr,_Louis) IMSLP: Fantasia and Variations on a Theme by Danzi, Op. 81]

[[Claude Debussy]]

[[Edison Denisov]]

  • Yuri Kasparov: Beyond the Time: Variations on a Theme of Denisov (14 performers; 1998)

[[Nicolas Dezède]]

[[Anton Diabelli]]

[[Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf]]

  • Ludwig van Beethoven: 13 Variations on the aria "Es war einmal ein alter Mann" from Das rote Käppchen, WoO 66 (piano)
  • Anton Reicha: Variations on a Theme of Dittersdorf (cello and orchestra)

[[Gaetano Donizetti]]

  • Charles-Valentin Alkan
  • Variations sur "Ah! Segnata é la mia morte" d'Anna Bolena, Op. 16/4 (piano,1834).
  • Variations à la vieille sur l'air chanté par Mme. Persiani dans l'Elisir d'amore de G. Donizetti (piano, 1840).
  • Carl Czerny:
  • Caprice et variations brillantes sur le thème "Versàr potrà le lagrime" de l'opéra Torquato Tasso, Op. 448
  • Introduction et variations brillantes sur le galop favori de l'opéra Lucia di Lammermoor, Op. 490
  • Louise Farrenc: Variations brillantes sur la cavatine d'Anna Bolena de Donizetti "Nel veder la tua costanza", Op. 15 (ca. 1835)
  • Adolfo Fumagalli: La sacrilega parola: Variations on the grande adagio finale from Act II of Poliuto, Op. 62 (piano)
  • Mikhail Glinka: Variations brillantes on a Theme from Anna Bolena in A major (piano; 1831)
  • Adolf von Henselt: Variations on "Io son ricco" from L'elisir d'amore, Op. 1 (piano)
  • Henri Herz:
  • Variations concertantes sur la chansonnette favorite de La fille du régiment, Op. 24 (violin and piano)
  • Grande fantaisie et variations brillantes sur des motifs de l'opéra L'Élisir d'amore, Op. 112
  • Fantaisie et variations brillantes sur l'opéra Parisina, Op. 133
  • Carlo Alfredo Piatti: Introduction and Variations on a Theme from Lucia di Lammermoor, Op. 2 (cello and piano)
  • Adrien-François Servais: La Fille du Régiment: Fantaisie et variations, Op. 16 (cello and piano; cello and string quartet; cello and orchestra)
  • Sigismond Thalberg:
  • Andante final de Lucia di Lammermoor, Op. 44
  • Introduction et variations sur la barcarolle de L'elisir d'amore, Op. 66

[[The Doors]]

[[John Dowland]]

[[Ernst Christoph Dressler]]

[[Guillaume Du Fay]]

  • Arnold Cooke: Variations on a Theme of Dufay (orchestra; 1969)

[[Jean-Pierre Duport]]

[[Antonín Dvořák]]

  • Oskar Nedbal: Variations on a Theme by Antonín Dvořák, Op. 1 (piano)

{{anchor|E}}[[Werner Egk]]

  • Jan Koetsier: Introduction and Variations on a Theme from Die Zaubergeige, Op. 82, No. 3 (viola and piano; 1978)

{{anchor|F}}[[Manuel de Falla]]

{{anchor|F}}[[Giles Farnaby]]

  • Bernard Stevens: Introduction, Variations and Fugue on a theme of Giles Farnaby, Op. 47, for orchestra (1972)

[[Johann Christian Fischer]]

[[Stephen Foster]]

King [[Frederick the Great|Frederick II "The Great" of Prussia]]

[[Girolamo Frescobaldi]]

  • Karl Höller: Symphonic Variations (or Symphonic Fantasy) on a Theme of Girolamo Frescobaldi, Op. 20 (1935, rev. 1956, 1965)
  • Theophil Laitenberger: Variations on a Theme after Frescobaldi (viola and piano or organ; 1978)
  • Ennio Morricone: Variations on a Theme by Frescobaldi (piano; 1955)

Baron von Fricken

[[Johann Jakob Froberger]]

  • Walter Niemann: Variations on a Saraband by Johann Jacob Froberger, Op. 168 (piano; pub. 1948); the source is the Sarabande from Partita in A minor, FbWV 601

{{anchor|G}}[[Sophie Gail]]

[[Wenzel Robert von Gallenberg]]

  • Carl Czerny: Introduction et variations faciles sur un walse de Mr. le Comte de Gallenberg, Op. 87 (piano 4-hands; 1825)
  • Louise Farrenc: Grand variations on a Theme by Count Gallenberg, Op. 25 (piano and orchestra)

[[Noel Gay]]

[[George Gershwin]]

[[Reinhold Glière]]

[[Mikhail Glinka]]

[[Christoph Willibald Gluck]]

Sir [[Eugene Aynsley Goossens|Eugene Goossens]]

[[Louis Moreau Gottschalk]]

  • John Diercks: Variations on a Theme of Gottschalk (tuba and piano)

[[Christian Ernst Graf]]

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: 8 Variations in G major on the Dutch song "Laat ons Juichen, Batavieren!", K. 24 (piano)

[[Alexander Gretchaninov]]

  • Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji: Variazioni sopra il Credo in qualsiasi modo del Gretchaninoff (the second movement of Sorabji's Opusculum clavisymphonicum vel claviorchestrale)
  • Alan Theisen: Variations on a Theme of Gretchaninov (2001; rev. 2005)

[[André Grétry]]

[[Edvard Grieg]]

  • Walter Gieseking: Variations on a theme by Grieg (violin and piano)[https://imslp.org/wiki/Variations_on_a_theme_by_Grieg_(Gieseking%2C_Walter) IMSLP]
  • Alistair Hinton: Variations and Fugue on a theme of Grieg, Op. 16 (piano, 1970–78; on "The Death of Ase" from Peer Gynt)[http://www.sorabji-archive.co.uk/hinton/scores.php Sorabji Archive] website
  • Nikolai Myaskovsky: The final movement of his String Quartet No. 3 is a set of variations on a theme of Grieg
  • Maurice Ravel: Variations on a Theme of Grieg ("The Death of Ase" from Peer Gynt; piano; 1888) (lost)

{{anchor|H}}[[Jakob Haibel]]

  • Ludwig van Beethoven: Twelve variations on the "Menuet à la Vigano" from the ballet Le nozze disturbate, WoO 68 (piano)

[[Fromental Halévy]]

  • Stephen Heller: La dame de pique. Romance variée sur l'opéra de Halévy, Op. 75, No. 2
  • Johann Peter Pixis: Fantaisie avec variations sur un duo de L'eclair de Halevy, Op. 133

[[George Frideric Handel]]

  • Ludwig van Beethoven: 12 Variations on "See, the Conqu'ring Hero Comes!" from Judas Maccabaeus, WoO 45 (cello and piano)
  • Johannes Brahms: Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel, Op. 24 (piano; 1861)
  • Edison Denisov: Variations on a Theme by Handel (piano)
  • George Draga: Variations on a Theme of Handel (orchestra; 2007)
  • Mauro Giuliani: Variations on a Theme of Handel ("The Harmonious Blacksmith"), Op. 107 (guitar; c. 1828)
  • Percy Grainger: Variations on "The Harmonious Blacksmith" (1911) (?lost)Grainger refers to these variations in his notes to his piano piece Handel in the Strand, but they do not seem to have been published.
  • Johan Halvorsen: Passacaglia in G minor on a Theme by George Frideric Handel for violin and viola (1897)
  • Józef Koffler: Handeliana, 30 Variations on the Theme of Handel's Passacaglia (orchestra; before 1940; lost)
  • Marian Lejava: Elogiaria for solo violin - Hommage variations with the Theme of Handel (2017/2019-20)
  • Igor Markevitch: Variations, Fugue et Envoi on a Theme of Handel (piano, 1941)
  • Robert Matthew-Walker: Variations on a Theme of Handel, Op. 105 (1977)
  • David Sydney Morgan: Handel Variations (solo viola and chamber ensemble; 1998)[http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/4175667 National Library of Australia] website
  • Ignaz Moscheles: Variations on a Theme of Handel ("The Harmonious Blacksmith"), Op. 29 (piano)[http://petrucci.mus.auth.gr/imglnks/usimg/0/08/IMSLP03947-Moscheles_Handel-Variationen_Op.29.pdf IMSLP]
  • Camille Saint-Saëns: Variations on the Act III Chorus "See, the Conqu'ring Hero Comes!" from Judas Maccabaeus (piano 4-hands; c. 1850)
  • Bernhard Scholz: Contrapuntal Variations on a Gavotte by Handel, Op. 54 (1882)
  • Georg Schumann: Variations and Gigue on Handel's "The Harmonious Blacksmith" for large orchestra, Op. 72 (1925)
  • Louis Spohr: Octet in E major, Op. 32, includes variations on "The Harmonious Blacksmith"
  • Lionel Tertis:
  • Variations on a Four Bar Theme of Handel (viola and cello; pub. 1961)
  • Variations on a Passacaglia of Handel (2 violas; 1935)
  • Robert Volkmann: Variations on a Theme by Handel, Op. 26 (piano)

[[Howard Hanson]]

  • Samuel Jones: A Symphonic Requiem: Variations on a Theme of Howard Hanson

[[Karl Amadeus Hartmann]]

  • John McCabe: Variations on a Theme by Karl Amadeus Hartmann (orchestra; 1964)

[[Joseph Haydn]]

[[Ferdinand Hérold]]

[[Edward Burlingame Hill]]

  • Walter Piston: Variations on a Theme by E. B. Hill (orchestra; 1963)

[[Johann Adam Hiller]]

[[Friedrich Heinrich Himmel]]

  • Carl Czerny: Caprice and Variations on "An Alexis" by Himmel, Op. 62

[[Paul Hindemith]]

[[Johann Nepomuk Hummel]]

  • Josef Gelinek: Variations on Hummel's Celebrated Waltz (piano, c. 1820)[http://imslp.org/wiki/Variations_on_Hummel%27s_Celebrated_Waltz_(Gelinek,_Joseph) IMSLP]
  • José Ignacio Quintón: Variations on a Theme of Hummel

[[Anselm Hüttenbrenner]]

{{anchor|I}}[[Nicolas Isouard]]

{{anchor|J}}[[Clément Janequin]]

  • Jehan Alain: Variations sur un thème de Clément Janequin (organ; 1937)

[[Joseph Joachim]]

  • Ernest Walker: Variations on a Theme by Joseph Joachim (violin and piano; 1918)

{{anchor|K}}[[Zoltán Kodály]]

[[Jean-Baptiste Krumpholz]]

  • Carl Czerny: Variations concertantes on a Theme by Krumpholz, Op. 1 (piano and violin)

[[Johann Kuhnau]]

  • Hendrik Andriessen: Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Johann Kuhnau (string orchestra; 1935)

{{anchor|L}}[[Josef Labor]]

  • Franz Schmidt: The finale of Schmidt's A major Clarinet Quintet is a set of Variations on a Theme by Labor

[[Constant Lambert]]

  • Alan Rawsthorne: Improvisations on a Theme of Constant Lambert (orchestra: 1960). The theme is from Tiresias[https://global.oup.com/academic/product/improvisations-on-theme-by-constant-lambert-9780193669864?cc=us&lang=en& Oxford University Press]

[[Orlande de Lassus]]

  • George Draga: Variations on a Theme of Orlando de Lasso (orchestra: 2007)
  • Bernhard Krol: Lassus Variations, Op. 33 (viola and harpsichord or piano, 1962)

[[Charles-Gaston Levadé]]

  • Reynaldo Hahn: Variations sur un thème de Charles Levadé (piano 4-hands; 1892)

[[Franz Liszt]]

[[Euphemia Allen|Arthur de Lulli]]

[[Jean-Baptiste Lully]]

  • Dieterich Buxtehude: Aria 'Rofilis' with 3 variations in D minor (on a Theme by Jean-Baptiste Lully), BuxWV 248

[[Martin Luther]]

[[Stanyslav Lyudkevych]]

  • Valeri Kikta: Romantic Variations on a Theme by Lyudkevich (harp; 1978)

{{anchor|M}}[[Cyrus McCormick]]

  • Gunnar Johansen: Variations, Disguises, and Fugue, on a Merry Theme of Cyrus McCormick (orchestra; 1937; Note: McCormick was not a composer)

Sir [[George Alexander Macfarren|George Macfarren]]

  • Dora Bright: Variations on an Original Theme of Sir G. A. Macfarren (piano duet; 1894)

Sir [[Alexander Mackenzie (composer)|Alexander Mackenzie]]

  • Cedric Thorpe Davie: Variations on a Theme of A C Mackenzie, orchestra[http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/media/special-collections/documents/Cedric_Thorpe_Davie_catalogue.pdf Cedric Thorpe Davie, Catalogue of Works]

[[Guillaume de Machaut]]

[[Gustav Mahler]]

  • Jan Klusák: Variations on a Theme of Gustav Mahler (1962)

[[Heinrich Marschner]]

  • Carl Czerny: Variations brillantes sur un thème favori de l'opéra Hans Heiling, Op. 341
  • Robert Schumann: the final section of the Symphonic Studies, Op. 13, is a variation on the Romance "Du stolzes England freue dich" (Proud England, rejoice!), from Marschner's opera Der Templer und die Jüdin; the rest of the work is a set of variations and études on a theme by Baron von Fricken, a musical amateur (piano; 1834)

[[Nikolai Medtner]]

  • Bart Berman: Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Nikolai Medtner (based on the theme in Medtner's Theme with Variations, Op. 55) (2009)

[[Étienne Méhul]]

[[Felix Mendelssohn]]

  • Franz Liszt: Grosses Konzertstück über Mendelssohns Lieder ohne Worte (Grand Concertpiece on Mendelssohn's Songs Without Words), S. 257 (2 pianos, 1834)Howard Reich, "[https://web.archive.org/web/20121006125812/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1986-12-01/news/8603300758_1_franz-liszt-second-variation-mendelssohn U.S. Premiere Of Liszt Piano Duet Justifies Long Wait, Twins' Work] Chicago Tribune (1 December 1986).
  • Václav Trojan: Humorous Variations on the theme of the "Spring Song", Op. 62/6 (from Songs Without Words) (orchestra; 1936, revised 1971)

[[Giacomo Meyerbeer]]

[[Thelonious Monk]]

[[Claudio Monteverdi]]

  • Kit Armstrong: Variations on a Theme by Monteverdi (2007, piano)
  • Art Ensemble of Chicago: Variations sur un thème de Monteverdi (1970)
  • Marga Richter: Variations and Interludes on Themes from Monteverdi and Bach (concerto for violin, cello, piano and large orchestra; 1992)

[[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart]]

  • Charles-Valentin Alkan: Fantaisie à 4 mains sur Don Juan (piano duet; 1844) - (Introduction, five variations on the aria from Don Giovanni "Venite par avanti", coda based on the aria "Finch' han del vino")
  • B. Tommy Andersson: Variations on a Theme of Mozart (2 violins; arr. for 2 violas; 1984)[http://www.btommyandersson.com/?page_id=1902 B. Tommy Andersson website]
  • Ludwig van Beethoven:
  • Variations on "Se vuol ballare" from The Marriage of Figaro, WoO 40 (piano and violin; 1792–3)
  • Variations on "La ci darem la mano" from Don Giovanni, WoO 28 (two oboes and English horn; ?1795)
  • Variations on "Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen" from The Magic Flute, Op. 66 (piano and cello; ?1795)
  • Variations on "Bei Männern welche Liebe fühlen" from The Magic Flute, WoO 46 (piano and cello; 1801)
  • Nicolas-Charles Bochsa: Six variations for harp on "Voi che sapete" from The Marriage of Figaro.[http://www.editionhh.co.uk/shop/item.aspx?itemid=438 Published by Edition HH Ltd., UK], ed. by Christopher Hogwood
  • João Domingos Bomtempo: Variations on a Theme from The Magic Flute in G minor, Op. 21 (piano)
  • Héctor Campos Parsi: Variations on a Theme of Mozart
  • Frédéric Chopin: Variations on "Là ci darem la mano", Op. 2 (from Don Giovanni; piano and orchestra; 1827)
  • Carl Czerny: Fantasy on The Marriage of Figaro, Op. 493 (Piano)
  • Ferdinand David: Introduction et Variations sur un thème de Mozart in A major, Op. 11
  • Hans Gál: Improvisation, Variations and Finale on a theme by Mozart for mandolin, violin, viola and liuto, Op. 60 (1934)
  • Étienne-François Gebauer: 2 Airs variés de La Flute magique
  • Joseph Gelinek
  • Eight variations on "Wie stark ist nicht dein Zauberton" from The Magic Flute. (keyboard).[http://www.editionhh.co.uk/hh172cat.htm Published by Edition HH Ltd., UK], ed. by Christopher Hogwood
  • 6 Variations on "Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen" from Die Zauberflöte (keyboard, c. 1800)[http://imslp.org/wiki/6_Variations_on_%22Ein_M%C3%A4dchen_oder_Weibchen%22_from_Mozart%27s_%22Die_Zauberfl%C3%B6te%22_(Gelinek,_Joseph) IMSLP]
  • Mikhail Glinka: Variations on a Theme from The Magic Flute in E-flat (piano, 1822)
  • Alexander Goldenweiser: Variations on a Theme of Mozart, Op. 3, No. 1 (piano, 1940)
  • Reynaldo Hahn: Variations sur un thème de Mozart (flute and piano; 1906)
  • Heinrich von Herzogenberg: Variations on the Minuet from Don Giovanni, Op. 58 (piano)
  • Johann Nepomuk Hummel: Variations on Mozart's opera, Op. 34/3
  • Helene Liebmann: Third movement of her Cello Sonata in B-Flat Major is a set of variations on "La ci darem la mano"
  • Lowell Liebermann:
  • 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 (orchestra)
  • Anton Reicha:
  • 18 Variations and a Fantasy on a Theme by Mozart, Op. 51 (flute, violin and cello, 1804)
  • Sonata in F major (Variations on a Theme by Mozart) (piano)
  • Nino Rota: Fantasy on twelve notes from "Non si pasce di cibo mortale chi si pasce di cibo celeste" from Don Giovanni (piano and orchestra)
  • Georg Schumann: Variations on a Theme of Mozart, Op. 76 (piano)
  • Fernando Sor: Introduction and Variations on a Theme by Mozart (guitar)
  • Sigismond Thalberg:
  • Grande Fantaisie et Variations sur des motifs de l'opéra Don Juan, Op. 14
  • Grande Fantaisie sur la Sérénade et le Menuet de Don Juan, Op. 42

[[Modest Mussorgsky]]

  • Frederick Jacobi: Variations on a Theme by Mussorgsky (cello and piano)
  • Josef Tal: Cum Mortuis In Lingua Mortua: 7 Variations on a Theme by Mussorgsky (piano; 1945)

[[Alonso Mudarra]]

  • Pedro Vilarroig: Variations on a Theme by Alonso de Mudarra (harp and string quartet)

[[Wenzel Müller]]

{{anchor|N}}[[Neidhart von Reuental]]

  • Marga Richter: Variations on a Theme by Neithart von Reuenthal (piano; 1974)

[[Carl Nielsen]]

  • John Gardner: Variations on a Waltz of Carl Nielsen, Op, 13
  • Kjell Roikjer: Variations, Chorale and Fugue on a Theme by Carl Nielsen, Op. 51 (4 trombones)
  • Robert Simpson: Variations on a Theme of Carl Nielsen (orchestra; 1983)
  • David Starobin: Variations on a Theme by Carl Nielsen (2010)

{{anchor|O}}[[Jacques Offenbach]]

  • Hans Haug: Variations on a Theme of Jacques Offenbach (orchestra)

[[George Onslow (composer)|George Onslow]]

  • Louise Farrenc: Variations brillantes sur un thème du Colporteur de G. Onslow, Op. 10 (piano; ca. 1828)
  • Friedrich Kuhlau:
  • 8 Variations on "For The Girls", Op. 94 (flute and piano; 1829)
  • 8 Variations on "The Book Peddler, Or The Lumberjack's Son", Op. 99 (flute and piano; 1828)

[[Seán Ó Riada]]

  • Ronald Stevenson: A Rosary of Variations on Seán Ó Riada's Irish Folk Mass (piano; 1980)

[[Sergio Ortega (composer)|Sergio Ortega]]

{{anchor|P}}[[Johann Pachelbel]]

[[Ferdinando Paer]]

  • Henri Herz: Variations et finale sur un air de ballet de F. Paer, Op. 29

[[Niccolò Paganini]]

See also Variations on a Theme of Paganini (disambiguation)

[[Giovanni Paisiello]]

  • Pierre Baillot: Air de Paisiello varié, Op. 19
  • Ludwig van Beethoven:
  • 9 Variations on "Quant'e piu bello" from La molinara, WoO 69 (piano)
  • 6 Variations on "Nel cor più non mi sento" from La molinara, WoO 70 (piano)
  • Theobald Boehm: Nel cor piu, Op. 4: Introduction and Variations on a Theme by Paisiello (flute and piano)
  • João Domingos Bomtempo: Introduction, 5 Variations and Fantasy on Paisiello's favorite air, Op. 6 (piano)
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: 6 Variations in F major on "Salve tu, Domine" from I filosofi immaginarii, K. 398 (piano)
  • Niccolò Paganini: Introduction, Theme and Variations from Paisiello's La bella molinara ("Nel cor più non mi sento") in G major, Op. 38

[[Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina]]

  • George Draga: Variations on a Theme of Palestrina (orchestra; 2007)
  • Richard Kearns:
  • Mirate Variations
  • Donna Gentil Variations (Por y Para Palestrina)

[[Bernardo Pasquini]]

[[Giovanni Battista Pergolesi]]

  • Igor Stravinsky: Suite on themes, fragments and pieces by Giambattista Pergolesi, for violin and piano (1925)

[[Giuseppe Persiani]]

  • Carl Czerny: Fantasy and Variations on Inês de Castro, Op. 377

[[Astor Piazzolla]]

  • Leo Brouwer: Variations on a Piazzolla Tango (guitar)
  • Carlos Stella: Hockney's Choclo: 10 variations, imitations and paraphrases on Piazzolla's arrangement of the tango 'El choclo' after a picture by David Hockney (accordion, piano, violin, electric guitar and bass)

[[Ildebrando Pizzetti]]

  • Ronald Stevenson:
  • Variations on a Theme of Pizzetti (piano; 1955)
  • Variations on a Theme of Pizzetti (unaccompanied violin; 1961)
  • (The above 2 works are based on the same Pizzetti theme, but are otherwise unrelated)

[[Ignaz Pleyel]]

[[Manuel Ponce]]

  • Carlos Posada: Variations on Manuel Ponce's "Estrellita" (violin and viola; pub. 1995)

[[John Powell (musician)|John Powell]]

[[Henry Purcell]]

  • Victor Babin: Variations on a Theme of Purcell (cello and piano)
  • Benjamin Britten: The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra (Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell), Op. 34 (1946)
  • Jeremy Filsell: Wondrous Machine: Variations on a Theme of Purcell (narrator and organ)
  • Magnus Lindberg: Bright Cecilia: Variations on a Theme by Purcell (orchestra; 2002)
  • Walter Niemann: Kleine Variationen über eine alt-irische Volksweisen, Op. 146 (piano; 1936); in a footnote he acknowledges the theme is Lilliburlero [sic] by Purcell
  • Ronald Stevenson: Simple Variations on Purcell's "New Scotch Tune" (piano; 1964; set for clarinet and strings 1967; rev and enlarged 1975 as Little Jazz Variations on Purcell's "New Scotch Tune")
  • Rafał Stradomski: Purcell Variations (soprano saxophone or oboe and piano; 1997)

{{anchor|R}}[[Sergei Rachmaninoff]]

[[Jean-Philippe Rameau]]

[[Carl Reinecke]]

  • Reynaldo Hahn: Variations puériles sur une mélodie de Reinecke (piano 4-hands; 1905)

[[Django Reinhardt]]

  • Leo Brouwer: Variations on a Theme of Django Reinhardt (guitar; 1984)

[[Vincenzo Righini]]

[[Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov]]

  • Jehan Alain:
  • Variations sur un thème donné de Rimsky-Korsakov (4 voices)
  • Variations sur un chant donné de Rimsky-Korsakov (organ)
  • Variations sur un thème donné de Rimsky-Korsakov (string quartet)
  • Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji: "Il gallo d'oro" da Rimsky-Korsakov: variazioni frivole con una fuga anarchica, eretica e perversa (variations and fugue on a theme from Le Coq d'Or)[http://www.mus.ulaval.ca/roberge/srs/04-sourc.htm#_1973_1988 Sorabji Resource Site]

[[Pierre Rode]]

  • Carl Czerny: La Ricordanza: Variazioni sopra un tema di Rode, Op. 33 (piano)

[[Gioachino Rossini]]

  • Ferdinando Carulli: Fantaisie avec variations sur des airs de La gazza ladra, Op. 197
  • Frédéric Chopin (spurious)
  • Variations on "Non più mesta" from La Cenerentola, B. 9, KK. Anh. Ia/5, A 1/5 (flute and piano)
  • Napoléon Coste
  • Introduction et variations sur un motif de Rossini (guitar)
  • Carl Czerny:
  • Introduction et Variations sur la marche favorite della Donna del Lago, Op. 20
  • Brilliant Variations on the favorite Tyrolienne in Guillaume Tell, Op. 220 (piano)
  • Fantasie and Variations brillantes on the March from Moises, Op. 504
  • Louise Farrenc: Variations brillantes sur un thème de La Cenerentola, Op. 5 (piano)
  • Joseph Gelinek: Variations pour le Forte-Piano sur la Cavatine "Di tanti palpiti" de l' Opera Tancredi. (piano). Published by Schotts, Mainz, c. 1817.
  • Henri Herz:
  • Variations brillantes sur la cavatine favorite de Donna del Lago, Op. 17
  • Variations brillantes sur la marche favorite de Moïse, Op. 42 (violin and piano)
  • Grandes variations sur le "Choeur des Grecs" du Siège de Corinthe, Op. 36
  • Grandes variations sur une marche favorite de Guillaume Tell, Op. 50 (piano 4-hands)
  • Variations de concert sur une marche favorite de Guillaume Tell, Op. 57 (piano and orchestra)
  • Variations on "Non più mesta" from La Cenerentola, Op. 60
  • Variations on the March from Otello, Op. 67
  • Variations brillantes and Finale à la hongroise from Matilde di Shabran, Op. 77
  • Friedrich Kalkbrenner
  • Fantaisie et variations brillantes sur l'air "Di tanti palpiti", Op. 83
  • Variations sur un air de Le comte Ory, Op. 92 (piano)
  • Friedrich Kuhlau:
  • 4 Variations on "Give Calm, O Heaven" from Otello, Op. 58 (1823: piano 4-hands)
  • Variations on William Tell, Op. 116 (piano; 1831)
  • Franz Liszt:
  • 7 Variations brillantes sur un thème de G. Rossini, S.149 (piano; 1824?)
  • Bohuslav Martinů: Variations on a Theme of Rossini, H. 290 (cello and piano)
  • Niccolò Paganini:
  • Introduction and Variations on a Theme from La Cenerentola ("Non più mesta")
  • Introduction and Variations on a Theme from Moses ("Dal tuo stellato soglio")
  • Introduction and Variations on a Theme from Tancredi ("Di tanti palpiti")

[[Jean-Jacques Rousseau]]

{{anchor|S}}[[Camille Saint-Saëns]]

  • Géza Frid: Variations on "The Elephant" from The Carnival of the Animals (scordatura double bass and string orchestra, 1977)
  • Philip Sparke:
  • Symphonic Metamorphosis on themes from Saint-Saëns' 3rd Symphony (concert band; 2007)
  • Saint-Saëns Variations - A Symphonic Metamorphosis of Themes from the 'Organ' Symphony (brass band; 2009)

[[Antonio Salieri]]

[[Giovanni Battista Sammartini]]

  • Tivadar Nachéz: Passacaglia on a Theme of Sammartini[http://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.110957 Naxos]

[[Gaspar Sanz]]

[[Giuseppe Sarti]]

[[Erik Satie]]

  • Israel Sharon: Variations on a Theme by Satie (piano and chamber orchestra)

[[Benedikt Schack]]

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: 8 Variations in F major on the song "Ein Weib ist das herrlichste Ding" from the Singspiel Der dumme Gartner, K. 613 (piano)

[[Arnold Schoenberg]]

  • Giles Brindley: Variations on a Theme by Schoenberg
  • David Lewin: Classical Variations on a Theme by Schönberg, for cello and piano
  • Luigi Nono: Variazioni canoniche sur la serie de l'opus 41 de Schönberg for orchestra (1950)
  • Viktor Ullmann: Variationen und Doppelfuge über ein Klavierstück von Arnold Schönberg (op. 19/4), Op. 3a (versions for piano; Geneva version with 5 variations 1929, Prague version with 9 variations 1933–34); as Variationen, Phantasie und Doppelfuge über ein kleines Klavierstück von A. Schönberg, Op. 3b (orchestra, 1933); Op. 3c (version for string quartet, 1939)

[[Franz Schubert]]

  • Tony Aubin: Variations on a Theme of Franz Schubert, ballet (1953)
  • Carl Czerny:
  • Variations on the Trauer-Walzer D. 365/2, Op. 12
  • Drey brillante Fantasien über die beliebtesten Motive aus Franz Schubert's Werken, Op. 339 (piano and physharmonica; 2 pianos; horn and piano)
  • Edison Denisov: Variations on a Theme of Schubert (cello and piano; 1986)
  • Leopold Godowsky: Passacaglia, in the form of 44 variations, cadenza and fugue, on the opening theme of Schubert's "Unfinished" Symphony (piano; 1927)
  • Lee Hoiby: Schubert Variations, op. 35a (piano; 1981; theme is no. 3 of 17 German Dances, D. 366)
  • Helmut Lachenmann: Fünf Variationen über ein Thema von Franz Schubert (German dance in C-sharp minor D 643) (Piano; 1956)
  • Lowell Liebermann:
  • Variations on a Theme of Schubert Op. 92 for Wind Ensemble (2005)
  • Variations on a Theme of Schubert Op. 100 for solo piano (2007)
  • Emil Reesen: Variationer over et tema af Schubert (1928)
  • Robert Schumann: Sehnsuchtswalzervariationen (piano; unpub.)
  • Adrien-François Servais: Fantaisie et variations brillantes sur la valse de Schubert, intitulée Le Désir, Op. 4 (cello and piano; cello and orchestra)
  • Leone Sinigaglia: 12 Variations on a Theme by Franz Schubert, Op. 19 (oboe and piano)
  • August Wilhelmj: Einleitung, Thema mit Variationen nach Franz Schubert
  • Various: Variations on a Waltz by Schubert, a work commissioned by the Seraphim Trio,[https://web.archive.org/web/20110716042338/http://seraphimtrio.com/trio-biography.html Seraphim Trio] written collabaratively by Andrew Ford, Ian Munro, Calvin Bowman, Raymond Chapman-Smith, Joe Chindamo, Andrea Keller, Elena Kats-Chernin and Roger Smalley (piano trio; 2009)[http://seraphimtrio.com/press-bio.html Seraphim Trio] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716042316/http://seraphimtrio.com/press-bio.html |date=2011-07-16 }}

[[William Schuman]]

  • Robert Starer: The Fringes of a Ball: Waltz Variations on a Theme by William Schuman (2 pianos)

[[Clara Schumann]] (née Wieck)

[[Robert Schumann]]

  • Johannes Brahms:
  • Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumann in F-sharp minor, Op. 9 (piano solo; 1854)
  • Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumann, Op. 23 (1861; piano four-hands)
  • Vincenzo di Donato: Variations on a Theme of Robert Schumann (viola or cello and piano; 1921)
  • Stephen Heller: Variations on a Theme of Schumann, Op. 142 (the theme is "Warum?", Op. 12/3, from Fantasiestucke)
  • Robert E. Jager: Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumann (wind ensemble; 1968)
  • Maurice Ravel: Variations on a Theme of Schumann (piano; 1888; the theme was the Choral "Freu dich, o meine Seele" from Album for the Young, Op. 68) (lost)
  • Clara Schumann: Variations on a Theme of Robert Schumann, Op. 20 (1854)

[[Alexander Scriabin]]

[[John Stafford Smith]]

[[Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji]]

  • Mervyn Vicars: Introduction, Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Sorabji for Pianoforte and Orchestra (1973; unpublished)[http://www.mus.ulaval.ca/roberge/srs/01-homag.htm Sorabji Resource Site]

[[Beatrice Sosnik]]

  • Irma Urteaga: Variations on a Theme of Beatrice Sosnik (1997)

[[John Philip Sousa]]

  • Carlos Stella: The Indian Post: a piece for wind orchestra based on a march by Sousa after a south Indian form (2006)

[[Louis Spohr]]

[[Daniel Steibelt]]

  • Charles-Valentin Alkan: Variations on a Theme from Steibelt's "Orage" Concerto, Op. 1 (Note: This is the Piano Concerto No. 3 in E, subtitled "L'orage")

[[Johann Strauss II]]

[[Igor Stravinsky]]

  • Carlos Stella: Pastiches, Parodies and Variations on two themes by Stravinsky and Berio (piccolo clarinet, trombone, xylorimba and vibraphone)

[[Franz Xaver Süssmayr]]

[[Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck]]

  • John Bull: Variations on a Theme by Sweelinck
  • Karl Höller: Sweelinck Variations ("Mein junges Lebe hat ein End"), Op. 56 (1950/51)
  • Ton de Leeuw: Sweelinck Variations

{{anchor|T}}[[Thomas Tallis]]

[[Francisco Tárrega]]

[[Giuseppe Tartini]]

  • Yuri Kasparov: Devil's Trills: Variations on a Theme of Tartini (16 performers; 1990)

[[Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky]]

[[Georg Philipp Telemann]]

  • Max Reger: Variations and Fugue on a theme of Telemann, Op. 134 (piano; 1914)
  • Rafał Stradomski: Telemann Variations (harpsichord or piano or harp; 1995)

[[Yann Tiersen]]

  • Ben Emberley: Variations on "Comptine d'un autre été", Op. 44 (piano; 2015)

{{anchor|V}}[[Ralph Vaughan Williams]]

[[Giuseppe Verdi]]

  • Hans von Bülow: Arabesques en forme de variations sur un thème favori de l'opéra Rigoletto, Op. 2 (c. 1855; "Caro nome")
  • Adolfo Fumagalli:
  • Quatres airs de ballet variés from Verdi's opera Jérusalem, Op. 23 (piano)
  • No. 1 Pas de quatre
  • No. 2 Pas de deux
  • No. 3 Pas seul
  • No. 4 Pas d'ensemble
  • Introduction et grande adagio variées sur la terzette "Qual volutta trascorrere" (from I Lombardi alla prima crociata), Op. 75
  • Introduction et adagio varié on the romanza "Sempre all'alba ed alla sera" from Giovanna d'Arco, Op. 89 (piano)
  • Melodia variata on La traviata (on the aria of Germont's father, "Di Provenza il mar"), Op. 98 (1854)
  • Jim Hiscott: Variations on a Theme of Giuseppe Verdi (1983, rev 1985)
  • Stanislaus Verroust: Fantaisie et Variations sur Il corsaro, Op. 54 (oboe and piano)

[[Georg Joseph Vogler|Georg Joseph 'Abbé' Vogler]]

  • Carl Maria von Weber:
  • 8 Variations on a Theme from Castor and Pollux, Op. 5, J. 40 (piano; 1804)
  • 6 Variations in C on a Theme from Samori, Op. 6, J. 43 (piano; 1804)

{{anchor|W}}[[Richard Wagner]]

[[Count Ferdinand Ernst Gabriel von Waldstein|Count Ferdinand von Waldstein]]

Sir [[William Walton]]

  • David Morgan: Variations on a Theme of Walton (orchestra; 1981–84)
  • Robert Saxton: Sonata on a Theme of Sir William Walton (solo cello; 1999)

[[Carl Maria von Weber]]

  • Carl Czerny:
  • Einleitung: Variations and Rondo on Hunting Chorus from Euryanthe, Op. 60 (piano and orchestra, 1824)
  • Henri Herz:
  • Variations brillantes sur la dernière valse de C. M. Weber, Op. 51
  • Grandes variations sur le Choeur des Chasseurs d'Euriante, Op. 62
  • Paul Hindemith: Symphonic Metamorphosis of Themes by Carl Maria von Weber (orchestra; 1943). The third movement, Andantino, is a set of variations; the other movements are cast in symphonic forms.
  • Friedrich Kuhlau:
  • 10 Variations on a folk song from Der Freischütz, Op. 48 (piano; 1822)
  • Variations on 6 Themes from Der Freischütz, Op. 49 (piano; 1822)
  • Variations on 3 Themes from Euryanthe, Op. 62 (piano: 1824)
  • 6 Variations on Euryanthe, Op. 63 (flute and piano: 1824)
  • Felix Mendelssohn and Ignaz Moscheles: Fantasy and Variations on the "Gypsy March" from La Preziosa (two pianos and orchestra; 1833; Moscheles later made an arrangement for two pianos alone, an arrangement that Mendelssohn barely recognised. Despite this, the work was often attributed to Mendelssohn alone.)
  • Robert Schumann: Variation zum Preziosamarsch (piano; unpub.)
  • Sigismond Thalberg:
  • Fantaisie et variations sur des différens motifs de l'opéra Euryanthe de C. M. v. Weber, Op. 1

[[Joseph Weigl]]

  • Pierre Baillot: Air de Weigl varié, Op. 28
  • Josef Gelinek: Variations sur Pria ch'io l'impegno (from L'amor marinaro) (keyboard, 1798).[http://imslp.org/wiki/Variations_sur_%27Pria_ch%27io_l%27impegno%27_(Gelinek,_Joseph) IMSLP]
  • Ignaz Moscheles: Air favori de Weigl: "Wer hörte wohl jemals mich klagen" (from Die Schweizer Familie), 12 Variations, Op. 5 (piano)[http://imslp.org/wiki/Variations_on_a_Theme_by_Weigl,_Op.5_(Moscheles,_Ignaz) IMSLP]
  • Niccolò Paganini: Sonata con variazioni on a Theme from Joseph Weigl

[[Peter Winter]]

[[Hugo Wolf]]

  • Michael Hersch: Variations on a Theme of Hugo Wolf (chamber orchestra or full orchestra; 2004)

[[Paul Wranitzky]]

  • Ludwig van Beethoven: 12 Variations on the "Russian Dance" from the ballet Das Waldmädchen, WoO 71 (piano)

{{anchor|Z}}[[Frank Zappa]]

  • Lukáš Hurník: Variations on Frank Zappa's Theme (two saxophones and orchestra)

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