List of variations on a theme by another composer

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.

  • Rolande Falcinelli: Variations sur un rondeau d'Adam de la Halle (from 14 Études insérées dans l'Initation à l'orgue)
  • Peter Lamb (1925-2013): 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".[1][2]
  • Mikhail Glinka: Variations on "The Nightingale" in E minor (piano; 1833)
  • Johann Nepomuk Hummel: Variations brillantes on Das Fest der Handwerken, Op. 115 (piano and orchestra; 1830)
  • 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
  • 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)
  • Julius Bürger: Variations on a Theme of Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (orchestra)
  • 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)
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: 12 Variations in E-flat major on the Romance "Je suis Lindor" from Le barbier de Seville, K. 354 (piano)
  • Ronald Stevenson: Fugue, Variations and Epilogue on a Theme of Bax (piano; 1982–83; 2003)
  • 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)[5]
  • 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)[4]
  • 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)[6]
  • Godfrey Ridout: Ontario Variations: 4 Variations on a Theme by Jack Behrens (piano; 1979)
  • 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)
  • Carlos Stella: Pastiches, Parodies and Variations on two themes by Stravinsky and Berio (piccolo clarinet, trombone, xylorimba and vibraphone)
  • José Ferrer: Fantasía con variaciones sobre un tema de Bériot, Op. 3 (guitar)
  • 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)
  • John Williams: "For New York" (Variations on theme by Leonard Bernstein) (1988)
  • Henri Herz: Variations brillantes sur l'air favori "Ma Fanchette est charmante" (from Angéla, ou L'atelier de Jean Cousin), Op. 10
  • Gary Kulesha: Variations on a Theme by Benjamin Britten (2003)
  • 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)
  • Henri Herz: Variations caractéristiques sur un thème arabe ("Pas de l'abeille", de La péri), Op. 137
  • 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)
  • Manuel Ponce: Variations on a Theme of Cabezón (guitar; 1948)
  • Amédée Méreaux: Adagio, variations et polonaise sur un thème favori de Carafa, Op. 21
  • Mikhail Glinka: Variations on Two Themes from the ballet Chao-Kang in D major (piano; 1831)

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  • Boris Blacher: Variations on a Theme of Muzio Clementi (piano and orchestra; 1961)
  • Louis Spohr: Fantasy and Variations on a Theme by Danzi, Op. 81 (clarinet and string orchestra; c. 1811)[12]
  • Yuri Kasparov: Beyond the Time: Variations on a Theme of Denisov (14 performers; 1998)
  • 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)
  • 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)[7]
  • 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
  • Arnold Cooke: Variations on a Theme of Dufay (orchestra; 1969)
  • Oskar Nedbal: Variations on a Theme by Antonín Dvořák, Op. 1 (piano)
  • Jan Koetsier: Introduction and Variations on a Theme from Die Zaubergeige, Op. 82, No. 3 (viola and piano; 1978)
  • Bernard Stevens: Introduction, Variations and Fugue on a theme of Giles Farnaby, Op. 47, for orchestra (1972)
  • 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)

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  • 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
  • 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)
  • John Diercks: Variations on a Theme of Gottschalk (tuba and piano)
  • 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)
  • Walter Gieseking: Variations on a theme by Grieg (violin and piano)[13]
  • Alistair Hinton: Variations and Fugue on a theme of Grieg, Op. 16 (piano, 1970–78; on "The Death of Ase" from Peer Gynt)[14]
  • 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)
  • Ludwig van Beethoven: Twelve variations on the "Menuet à la Vigano" from the ballet Le nozze disturbate, WoO 68 (piano)
  • 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
  • Samuel Jones: A Symphonic Requiem: Variations on a Theme of Howard Hanson
  • John McCabe: Variations on a Theme by Karl Amadeus Hartmann (orchestra; 1964)
  • Walter Piston: Variations on a Theme by E. B. Hill (orchestra; 1963)
  • Carl Czerny: Caprice and Variations on "An Alexis" by Himmel, Op. 62
  • Jehan Alain: Variations sur un thème de Clément Janequin (organ; 1937)
  • Ernest Walker: Variations on a Theme by Joseph Joachim (violin and piano; 1918)
  • Carl Czerny: Variations concertantes on a Theme by Krumpholz, Op. 1 (piano and violin)
  • Hendrik Andriessen: Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Johann Kuhnau (string orchestra; 1935)
  • Franz Schmidt: The finale of Schmidt's A major Clarinet Quintet is a set of Variations on a Theme by Labor
  • George Draga: Variations on a Theme of Orlando de Lasso (orchestra: 2007)
  • Bernhard Krol: Lassus Variations, Op. 33 (viola and harpsichord or piano, 1962)
  • Reynaldo Hahn: Variations sur un thème de Charles Levadé (piano 4-hands; 1892)
  • Dieterich Buxtehude: Aria 'Rofilis' with 3 variations in D minor (on a Theme by Jean-Baptiste Lully), BuxWV 248
  • Valeri Kikta: Romantic Variations on a Theme by Lyudkevich (harp; 1978)
  • Gunnar Johansen: Variations, Disguises, and Fugue, on a Merry Theme of Cyrus McCormick (orchestra; 1937; Note: McCormick was not a composer)
  • Dora Bright: Variations on an Original Theme of Sir G. A. Macfarren (piano duet; 1894)
  • Jan Klusák: Variations on a Theme of Gustav Mahler (1962)
  • 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)
  • Bart Berman: Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Nikolai Medtner (based on the theme in Medtner's Theme with Variations, Op. 55) (2009)
  • Franz Liszt: Grosses Konzertstück über Mendelssohns Lieder ohne Worte (Grand Concertpiece on Mendlessohn's Songs Without Words), S. 257 (2 pianos, 1834)[21]
  • Václav Trojan: Humorous Variations on the theme of the "Spring Song", Op. 62/6 (from Songs Without Words) (orchestra; 1936, revised 1971)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • Pedro Vilarroig: Variations on a Theme by Alonso de Mudarra (harp and string quartet)
  • Marga Richter: Variations on a Theme by Neithart von Reuenthal (piano; 1974)
  • 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)
  • Hans Haug: Variations on a Theme of Jacques Offenbach (orchestra)
  • Louise Farrenc: Variations brillantes sur un thème du Colporteur de G. Onslow, Op. 10 (piano; ca. 1828)[7]
  • 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)
  • Ronald Stevenson: A Rosary of Variations on Seán Ó Riada's Irish Folk Mass (piano; 1980)
  • Henri Herz: Variations et finale sur un air de ballet de F. Paer, Op. 29

See also Variations on a Theme of Paganini (disambiguation)

  • 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
  • George Draga: Variations on a Theme of Palestrina (orchestra; 2007)
  • Richard Kearns:
    • Mirate Variations
    • Donna Gentil Variations (Por y Para Palestrina)
  • Igor Stravinsky: Suite on themes, fragments and pieces by Giambattista Pergolesi, for violin and piano (1925)
  • Carl Czerny: Fantasy and Variations on Inês de Castro, Op. 377
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • Carlos Posada: Variations on Manuel Ponce's "Estrellita" (violin and viola; pub. 1995)
  • 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)
  • Reynaldo Hahn: Variations puériles sur une mélodie de Reinecke (piano 4-hands; 1905)
  • Leo Brouwer: Variations on a Theme of Django Reinhardt (guitar; 1984)
  • 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)[27]
  • Carl Czerny: La Ricordanza: Variazioni sopra un tema di Rode, Op. 33 (piano)
  • 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")
  • 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)
  • Israel Sharon: Variations on a Theme by Satie (piano and chamber orchestra)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • Robert Starer: The Fringes of a Ball: Waltz Variations on a Theme by William Schuman (2 pianos)
  • 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)
  • Mervyn Vicars: Introduction, Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Sorabji for Pianoforte and Orchestra (1973; unpublished)[31]
  • Irma Urteaga: Variations on a Theme of Beatrice Sosnik (1997)
  • Carlos Stella: The Indian Post: a piece for wind orchestra based on a march by Sousa after a south Indian form (2006)
  • 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")
  • Carlos Stella: Pastiches, Parodies and Variations on two themes by Stravinsky and Berio (piccolo clarinet, trombone, xylorimba and vibraphone)
  • 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
  • Yuri Kasparov: Devil's Trills: Variations on a Theme of Tartini (16 performers; 1990)
  • Max Reger: Variations and Fugue on a theme of Telemann, Op. 134 (piano; 1914)
  • Rafał Stradomski: Telemann Variations (harpsichord or piano or harp; 1995)
  • Ben Emberley: Variations on "Comptine d'un autre été", Op. 44 (piano; 2015)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • 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 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
  • Michael Hersch: Variations on a Theme of Hugo Wolf (chamber orchestra or full orchestra; 2004)
  • Ludwig van Beethoven: 12 Variations on the "Russian Dance" from the ballet Das Waldmädchen, WoO 71 (piano)
  • Lukáš Hurník: Variations on Frank Zappa's Theme (two saxophones and orchestra)

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