The Ten National Airs with Variations for Flute and Piano, Op. 107, were composed by

Ludwig van Beethoven Ludwig van Beethoven (baptised 17 December 177026 March 1827) was a German composer and pianist. Beethoven remains one of the most admired composers in the history of Western music; his works rank amongst the most performed of the classical ...

in 1818 and 1819.http://www.classicalarchives.com/work/117082.html#tvf=tracks&tv=about> Beethoven wrote this piece based on folk-derived melodies. This is one of several sets of pieces that Beethoven wrote that are folk-derived. The piece was for George Thomson, a wealthy

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-based publisher with whom he had a difficult business relationship.Thomson, George in New Grove, 2nd Ed., by David Johnson and Kirsteen C. McCue, V. 25, p. 420 These variation sets were first published in 1819 in both London and Vienna. *The first of the ten sets of variations uses an Alpine air (E flat), "Ich bin a Tiroler Bua". *The second set uses the Scottish "Bonny Laddie, Highland Laddie" *The third set uses "Volkslied aus Kleinrussland", a

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dance, as the main theme. *The fourth set employs the popular "St. Patrick's Day." *The fifth set ("A Madel, ja a madel") includes great difficulty for both instruments. *The Sixth set resembles (in mood) Beethoven's Sixth Symphony ("Pastoral"). *In the seventh set, Beethoven uses a popular Ukrainian tune Ikhav Kozak za Dunaj known in Germany as "Schöne Minka." *The eighth set uses the five variations on "O Mary, at thy Window be". They are solidly conceived and quite inventive. *The ninth and tenth sets are based on a Scottish tune ("O, Thou art the Lad of my Heart") and a march, "The Highland Watch."

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