Alban Berg

Variationen

c. 1907–1908

Total duration: 24'

1. A minor
2. F minor
3. C major
4. F major

Recommended editions

Sämtliche Werke (Universal Edition) · II/2 · UE 18172b · Kompositionen aus der Studienzeit, Teil 2 · ed. Rudolf Stephan [including for no. 3 an earlier version of the theme and four discarded variations]
Universal Edition · UE 18145 · Frühe Klaviermusik / Heft 1 / Ausgewählte Stücke · ed. Rudolf Stephan [nos. 1 (theme and variation 1 only) and 2 (theme and variation 14 only)]
Universal Edition · UE 18146 · Frühe Klaviermusik / Heft 2 · ed. Rudolf Stephan [no. 3]

1. A minor

This set comprises a theme and three variations.

Duration: 5' 30"

Difficulty: 3.5

2. F minor

This set comprises a theme and fourteen variations, of which only four are complete. The difficulty and duration given here correspond to the theme and completed variations only.

Duration: 6'

Difficulty: 3.5

3. C major

This set comprises a theme and twelve variations. Berg also wrote an earlier version of the theme, and four variations that were not included in the final set.

Duration: 10'

Difficulty: 4

4. F major

This set comprises a theme and two variations.

Duration: 2' 30"

Difficulty: 3