e/Variations on the name "Abegg"

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has gloss	eng: The Variations on the name "Abegg" in F major is a piece (theme with variations) for piano by Robert Schumann, composed between 1829 and 1830 and published as his Opus 1. The name is believed to refer to Schumanns fictitious friend, Meta Abegg, whose surname Schumann used as the motivic basis for the piece. The name Meta is considered to be an anagram of the word "tema". However, there are many doubts about the name of Schumanns friend, Meta Abegg. Another suggestion is Pauline von Abegg. Apparently, when he was twenty years old, Schumann met her and dedicated this work to her, as witnessed in e.g. Clara Schumanns edition of her husbands piano works. The first five notes of the theme are A-B-E-G-G (the B in German usage, corresponding to the English B-flat). This use of pitch names as letters was also used by Schumann in other compositions, such as his Carnaval.
lexicalization	eng: Variations on the name "Abegg"
instance of	c/Compositions by Robert Schumann