Variation form occupied Beethoven throughout his composing career. This first volume of G. Henle Publishers’ two-volume edition of all his piano variations includes works from Beethoven’s time in Bonn as well as his early years in Vienna, composed between 1783 and 1799. Beethoven mostly took his themes from arias or songs from stage works that were popular at the time. Besides offering simple figurations around the melodic lines, he also made more radical variations of his chosen material, pointing the way forward to his future “character variations”. The musical text of this Urtext edition has been completely revised on the basis of the critical report of the Beethoven Complete Edition. There is also a detailed preface and commentary. Felix Loy (Editor) Klaus Schilde (Fingering) Urtext Edition, paperbound revised edition Content - 9 Variations on a March by Dressler (first version) WoO 63 - 6 Variations on a Swiss Song WoO 64 - 24 Variations on "Venni Amore" by Righini WoO 65 - 13 Variations on "Es war einmal ein alter Mann" by Ditters von Dittersdorf WoO 66 - 12 Variations WoO 68 - 9 Variations on "Quant' è più bello" from La Molinara by Paisiello A major WoO 69 - 6 Variations on "Nel cor più non mi sento" by Paisiello WoO 70 - 12 Variations on a Russian Dance by Wranitzky WoO 71 - 8 Variations on "Une fièvre brûlante" by Grétry WoO 72 - 10 Variations on "La stessa, la stessissima" by Salieri WoO 73 - 7 Variations on "Kind willst du ruhig schlafen" by Winter WoO 75