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Variations on a waltz by Diabelli by Assmayer, Bocklet, Czapek, Carl Czerny , Joseph Czerny , Von Dietrichstein , Drechsler, Forster, Freystaedtler, Gansbacher, Gelinek, Halm, Hoffmann, Horszatka, Huglmann,
Hummel, Hiittenbrenner, Kalkbrenner, Kanne, Kerzkowsky, Kreutzer, Von Lannoy , Leidesdorf, Liszt (aged eleven). Mayseder. Moscheles, Mosel, W. A. Mozart (fils), Panny, Payer, Pixis, Plachy, Rieger, Riotte, Roser. Schenk, Schoberlechner, Schubert, Sechter, Archduke Rudolf , Stadler, de Szalay, Tomaschek, Umlauff, Dionysius Weber , Franz Weber , de Winkhler, Weiss, Wittassek, Vorisek
In 1822 Diabelli, the publisher and composer, invited most of the composers in Austria to write a variation each on a tune of his own. Beethoven at first refused but later sent a mighty set of thirty-three variations, perhaps the greatest of all works of its kind. It was issued separately from the present collection, which forms a fascinating cross-section of the period as well as a means of throwing into relief the stature of Beethoven's set. Robert Simpson