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Re: Variations on a Swiss Air
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Margaret Mikulska <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 7 May 1999 02:37:34 -0400
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John Halbrooks <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>My wife heard a piece on the radio by Beethoven yesterday.  It was called
>"Six Easy Variations on a Swiss Air in F." When she told me about it, I was
>surprised that I had never heard of it. [...]

These Variations were written for piano or harp - probably the only work by
LvB for harp.  The date of composition is not known; ca.  1790 is Kinsky's
educated guess.  Published ca.  1798.  No mention in Beethoven's letters.

-Margaret Mikulska
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