Variations on a waltz of Diabelli, op. 120

Alternative title: 
Diabelli variations

Published in 1823

Diabelli sent his waltz to 51 musicians in Austria asking each to contribute a variation; the whole to be published for the benefit of widows and orphans left by the war.  Beethoven answered with the greatest set ever written and it was published in a separate volume.  (D.F. Tovey)

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