The Variations on the name “Abegg” in F major was a piece for piano by Robert Schumann, composed between 1829 and 1830 and published as his Opus 1. The name refers to Schumann’s friend, Meta Abegg, whose name Schumann used in composing the variations. The first five notes of the theme are A-B-E-G-G (the B in German usage, corresponding to the English B-flat). This use of pitch names as letters was also used by Schumann in other compositions, such as his Carnaval.

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• Recording of this Variations performed by the pianist Alberto Cobo