Variations on Well-Known Tunes Book 2 edited by Gerhard Braun. Heinrichshofen, 2005. SS, 40 pages. For solo flute. This is a collection of theme and variations drawn from both opera and folk songs. There are notes on the composers of the variations in German, English, and French. The pieces are: Arietta (Caspar Füstenau), La Biondina (Venetian folksong, variations: Etienne-Francois Gebauer), Duetto "Nel cor più non mi sento" (Giovanni Paisiello, variations: Gottlieb Heinrich Köhler), Arietta "Freut euch des Lebens" (folksong, variations: Gottlieb Heinrich Köhler), O mein lieber Augustin (folksong, variations: Gottlieb Heinrich Köhler), Ein freies Leben führen wir (Gaudeamus igitur) (folksong, variations: Franz Leister), A Favorite Air (folksong, variations: J. W. Gabarielsky), Admiral Benbow (folksong, variations: I. C. Weidner), A Favorite Air (folksong, variations: J. W. Gabrielsky), Rule Britannia (Thomas Augustine Arne/James Thomson, variations: J. W. Gabrielsky), and God Save the King (variations: Louis Drouet).

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