Stravinsky began work on the Variations in Santa Fe, New Mexico in July 1963, and completed the composition in Hollywood, California on 28 October 1964. It was first performed in Chicago on 17 April 1965, by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra conducted by Robert Craft (Spies 1965, 62; White 1979, 534). The score is dedicated to the memory of Stravinsky's close friend Aldous Huxley, who died on 22 November 1963, when composition of the Variations was in progress (White 1979, 536–37).
| Date of composition | 1964 (1963-1964) in Hollywood, FL, United States |
| Premiered | 1965, April 17th in Chicago, IL, United States |
| Dedicated to | Dedicated to the memory of Stravinsky's close friend Aldous Huxley, who died on 22 November 1963 (when composition of the "Variations" was in progress) |
| Approx. duration | 5 minutes |
| Instruments | Orchestra |
| Autotranslations beta |
Igor Stravinsky: Variations Igor' Fëdorovič Stravinskij: Variations Igor Strawinsky: Variations |