* The San Francisco-based band Om mentions Absalom in their song " Kapila's Theme " from their debut album Variations on a Theme.

He also composed one large scale instrumental work in 1815 intended as a study in late classical orchestration: Twenty-Six Variations for the Orchestra on a Theme called La Folia di Spagna.

La Folia was the most monumental set of orchestral variations before Brahms ' Variations on a Theme by Haydn.

Best known in his time as a publisher, he is most familiar today as the composer of the waltz on which Ludwig van Beethoven wrote his set of thirty-three Diabelli Variations.

Regarding Schmidt's political naivety, Michael Steinberg, in his magisterial book, The Symphony, tells of Schmidt's recommending Variations on a Hebrew Theme by his student Israel Brandmann to a musical group associated with the proto-Nazi German National Party.

* Concertante Variations on a Theme of Beethoven for Piano ( left hand alone ) with orchestral accompaniment ; comp.

* Variations on a Hussar Song for orchestra ; comp.

* Variations and Fugue on an original Theme in D major ( King's Fanfare from Fredigundis ); 3.

* Variations and Fugue on an original Theme in D major ( King's Fanfare from Fredigundis ); 4.

* Variations on a theme by Christoph Willibald Gluck ( lost )

* Variations and Fugue on an original theme in D major ( King's Fanfare from Fredigundis ), 1.

* Variations and Fugue on an original theme in D major ( King's Fanfare from Fredigundis ), 2.

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Perhaps the most celebrated composer who wrote for the harpsichord was J. S. Bach ( 1685 – 1750 ), whose solo works ( for instance, the Well-Tempered Clavier and the Goldberg Variations ), continue to be performed very widely, often on the piano.

Variations on the term have been " inclusive monotheism " and " monarchical polytheism ", designed to differentiate differing forms of the phenomenon.

Brahms's works in variation form include, among others, the Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel and the Paganini Variations, both for solo piano, and the Variations on a Theme by Haydn ( now sometimes called the Saint Anthony Variations ) in versions for two pianos and for orchestra.

Although Wagner became fiercely critical of Brahms as the latter grew in stature and popularity, he was enthusiastically receptive of the early Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel ; Brahms himself, according to many sources ( Swafford, 1999 ), deeply admired Wagner's music, confining his ambivalence only to the dramaturgical precepts of Wagner's theory.

Variations such as nicks, scratches, and tears on the dorsal fin and the pattern of white or grey in the saddle patch are unique.

Variations of the basic ideo-motor or ideo-dynamic theory of suggestion have continued to hold considerable influence over subsequent theories of hypnosis, including those of Clark L. Hull, Hans Eysenck, and Ernest Rossi.

As for the composition date of Mozart's Variations, for a time the variations were thought to have been composed in 1778, while Mozart stayed in Paris from April to September in that year, the assumption being that the melody of a French song could only have been picked up by Mozart while residing in France.

Variations of the Sanskrit words Bhota-ant ( end of Bhot ) or Bhu-uttan ( meaning highlands ) have been suggested by historians as origins of the name Bhutan, which came into common foreign use in the late nineteenth century and is used in Bhutan only in English-language official correspondence.

Variations in the exploratory behaviour of Great Tits ( Parus major ) have been found to be linked with a gene orthologous to the human gene DRD4 ( Dopamine receptor D4 ) which is known to be associated with novelty-seeking behaviour.

Tchaikovsky's Variations on a Rococo Theme for cello and orchestra have an important place in the instrument's repertoire.

Variations on this theme have been proposed for Bluetooth pairing protocols.

Variations within the hypothesis suggests these protohumans to have spent time either wading, swimming or diving on the shores of fresh, brackish or saline waters and feeding on littoral resources.

Variations in genes that are part of the immune system or part of melanocytes have both been associated with vitiligo.

The Variations are named after Johann Gottlieb Goldberg, who may have been the first performer.

The Goldberg Variations have been reworked freely by many performers, changing either the instrumentation, the notes, or both.

There have been more than sixty recordings of the Variations since Elgar's first recording, made by the acoustic process in 1924.

Variations on this narration have been featured in many subsequent crime dramas, and in satires of these dramas ( e. g. " Only the facts have been changed to protect the innocent ").

Variations in temper, the granular rock or sand added to wet clay to insure even drying and to prevent cracking, have been used to identify five major Fremont ceramic types.

Variations in the magnetic field strength have been correlated to rainfall variation within the tropics.

He sees demarcation points at Variations 8, 14 and 20, which he characterizes as three " strategically placed plateaus provide spacious havens for spiritual and physical renewal in the wake of the exertions which have preceded them ".).

Part I was devoted to the 33 variations supplied by Beethoven, which have gained an independent identity as his Diabelli Variations, Op.

Variations used have also included a hybrid design, which had one or more 12 inch lights along with one or more lights of on the same light.

Important 20th century works have been written for string orchestra by Bartók ( Divertimento for String Orchestra ), Stravinsky ( Apollo ), Witold Lutosławski ( Musique funèbre ), Benjamin Britten ( Simple Symphony and Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge ), Charles Wuorinen ( Grand Bamboula ), and Malcolm Williamson ( Symphony No. 7 ).

Variations of the triple therapy have been developed over the years, such as using a different proton pump inhibitor, as with pantoprazole or rabeprazole, or replacing amoxicillin with metronidazole for people who are allergic to penicillin.

56 and the finale of Chopin's Variations on " Là ci darem la mano " have this ).

Variations in the terminology used to refer to musical instruments during this period have led to modern confusion, and the discussion continues regarding the instrument " that Bach intended ", or even if a particular instrument was indeed intended.

Variations on this have spread throughout the internet, often focusing on other obscure states, such as Nebraska, Idaho and Wyoming.

Variations of the story include that Dionysus had been insulted by a mortal and swore to slay the next mortal who crossed his path, creating fierce tigers to carry out his wrath.

He has been nominated for a number of major music awards and has won Grammy Awards for two albums, Bone Machine and Mule Variations.

The story has been adapted to other media including film, opera, ballet, a Broadway musical ( 1979's Comin ' Uptown, which featured an all African-American cast ), a BBC mime production starring Marcel Marceau, and Benjamin Britten's 1947 chamber orchestra composition Men of Goodwill: Variations on ' A Christmas Carol.

The Enigma Variations has been given over sixty recordings since 1924.

In 1899, when the Variations were being finished, Elgar wrote to Lady Mary Lygon to ask permission to use her initials, but as she and her brother were on the point of leaving for Australia ( he had been appointed Governor of New South Wales ) and there was not time for a reply Elgar used "***" instead.

On 24 May 1912 Elgar conducted a performance of the Variations at a Memorial Concert in aid of the family survivors of musicians who had been lost in the Titanic disaster.

The edition of the Goldberg Variations remains controversial, but has recently been reprinted.

Variations of the flag can and have been used in various countries and territories in Africa and the Americas to represent Pan-Africanist ideology.

One of the most famous programs, because it has never been definitively identified, is the secret non-musical idea or theme-the " Enigma "-which underlies Edward Elgar's Variations on an Original Theme ( Enigma ) of 1899.