The compositions united here provide a good overview of the diversity of the variation genre in Beethoven’s early piano works ╩ and present such moderate technical demands that even advanced beginners might try their hand at them. Beethoven found the models for these variations in popular song collections (WoO 64 on a Swiss song), contemporary opera performances (WoO 70 on ''Nel cor piu non mi sento'' by Giovanni Paisiello), and his own compositions (WoO 77 on a theme from the finale of Piano So