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Meanings of theme and variations in English

Russian
вариации
Portuguese
variação
Spanish
variacion
Catalan
tema i variacions

Musical form.

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        вариации
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        Examples for "variations on a theme"
        Examples for "variations on a theme"
        1
        They were all variations on a theme-sequencesof technoglyphs with scrawled annotation.
        Broken angels
        2
        It's intended to become a massive travelogue of variations on a theme.
        Wired
        3
        The result is a lively, inventive entertainment born of variations on a theme.
        The Irish Times
        4
        He is now even composing variations on a theme of mine.
        Frederick Chopin, as a Man and Musician — Volume 1
        5
        I watch how they stand, how they walk and talk, variations on a theme.
        The new yorker
        1
        This was a set of variations for piano, on a German melody.
        The World's Great Men of Music: Story-Lives of Master Musicians
        2
        Cresswell says that it's basically a set of variations on the six themes.
        Radio NZ
        3
        In music, a short melody from which a set of variations is developed.
        Elson Grammar School Literature, book 4
        4
        And the set of variations on an 18th-century drinking song is equally well turned.
        The Irish Times
        5
        He wrote a set of variations for it as the Andante of his "Kaiser Quartet."
        Haydn
        Usage of theme and variations in English
        1
        One of the most meritorious is the theme and variations on the program below.
        The Masters and Their Music / A series of illustrative programs ...
        2
        The theme and variations in C, from the Sonata in G, opus 14, are easy and pleasing.
        The Masters and Their Music / A series of illustrative programs ...
        3
        The theme and variations.
        Lost in translation
        4
        The rich Theme and Variations from Brahms's String Sextet, Op 18, arranged as a birthday present for Clara Schumann, are more solid.
        The Irish Times