variazione
Definition of the Italian term variazione in music:
- variation, change
- variation (repetition of a theme with changes in melody, harmony, rhythm, timbre, orchestration, or a combination of these)
Language
Italian
Singular
variazione
Plural
variazioni
Abbreviation
var.
Synonym
Combinations
Italian musical terms that include variazione:
- allegretto con variazioni – moderately fast with variations (followed by varia...
- andante con variazioni – moderately slow with variations (followed by varia...
- con variazioni – with variations (followed by variations of the the...
Musical examples
Music scores that include variazione:
- Franz Liszt: Totentanz (1847–53) Page 7
- Johann Sebastian Bach: Goldberg Variations (1741) Page 1
- Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 12 (1800–01) Page 1
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Sonata No. 11 (1783) Page 1