Solo piano II: Variations

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When it comes to Mozart's earliest works, the term 'pianoforte' (pf), or 'piano', should be understood in the widest possible sense, signifying merely a keyboard instrument of some sort.

12 Variations in B flat on Allegretto (by Mozart?), K500
12 Variations in C on Minuet (J.C. Fischer: Oboe concerto no. 1 - Finale), K179 (189a)
9 Variations in C on 'Lison dormait' from N. Dezède's Julie (Paris, 1772), K264 (315d)
12 Variations in C on Ah vous dirai-je Maman, K265 (300e)
7 Variations in D on Willem van Nassau, K25
9 Variations in D on Minuet (J.P. Duport: Cello sonata, op. 4, no 6), K573
12 Variations in E flat on La Belle Françoise, K353 (300f)
12 Variations in E flat on 'Je suis Lindor' from A.L. Baudron's incidental music to Beaumarchais' Le Barbier de Séville, K354 (299a)
5 Variations in F, K54 (547a, 547b)
8 Variations in F on 'Dieu d'amour', chorus from Grétry's Les Mariages samnites (Paris, 1776), K352 (374c)
6 Variations in F on 'Salve tu, Domine' from Paisiello's I filosofi immaginarii (Vienna, 1781), K398 (416e)
8 Variations in F on 'Ein Weib ist das herrlichste Ding' by B. Schack or F. Gerl, from Schikaneder's play Der dumme Gärtner (Vienna, 1789), K613
6 Variations in G on 'Mio caro Adone' from Salieri's La Fiera di Venezia (Vienna, 1772), K180 (173c)
10 Variations in G on 'Les Hommes pieusement' ('Unser dummer Pöbel meint') from Gluck's La Rencontre imprévue (Vienna, 1764), K455
8 Variations in G on Laat ons Juichen (C.E. Graaf, 1723), KAnh208 (24)