Variations on a Theme of Chopin (Russian: Вариации на тему Ф. Шопена, Variatsii na temu F. Shopena), Op. 22, is a group of 22 variations on Frédéric Chopin's Prelude in C minor (Op. 28, No. 20), composed by Sergei Rachmaninoff in 1902-03. In the first edition, it is noted that 3 of the variations and the final Presto section can be omitted if the performer wishes.
Date of composition | 1903 (1902-1903) |
First published | 1903 in Moscow, Russia |
Dedicated to | Teodor Leshetitsky |
Type | Theme and variations |
Tonality | C Minor |
Catalogue | Op. 22 |
Approx. duration | 28 minutes |
Arrangement of | Frédéric Chopin: Preludes, Op. 28 |
Instruments | Piano |
Autotranslations beta |
Sergueï Rachmaninov: Variations on a Theme of Chopin en do mineur, Op. 22 Sergej Vasil'evič Rachmaninov: Variations on a Theme of Chopin in do minore, Op. 22 Sergei Wassiljewitsch Rachmaninow: Variations on a Theme of Chopin c-moll, Op. 22 |