Introduction and Variations on a Theme by Mozart

[3] This piece embodies Fernando Sor's best characteristics as a composer, requiring great technique.

7, the Folies d’Espagne,[clarification needed] “no space is wasted and the music devotes itself not to 'guitaristic' effects but only to itself”.

[3] The theme and the variations are based on one that was used in numerous composer's arrangements, some being by the flutist Drouet, by Henri Herz, and by Mikhail Glinka.

It is the theme played near the end of act 1 as Papageno charms the slaves of Sarastro with his magic chimes.

The time and key signatures of the originals have been changed and repeats deleted to better make the comparison.