Camille Saint-Saëns
Variations on a theme by Beethoven
Op. 35
Instrumentation
Keyboard
2 Pianos
Related Pieces
Sonate für Pianoforte Nr. 18 in E-flat major, Op. 31 No. 3
by
Ludwig van Beethoven
: Camille Saint-Saëns used the Trio section of the Menuetto from Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 18 as the theme for his 1874 Variations sur un thème de Beethoven, Op. 35, for two pianos.