Ten National Airs with Variations for Flute and Piano

The Ten National Airs with Variations for Flute and Piano, Op.

[1] Beethoven wrote this piece based on folk-derived melodies.

[1] This is one of several sets of pieces that Beethoven wrote that are folk-derived.

The piece was for George Thomson, a wealthy Edinburgh-based publisher with whom he had a difficult business relationship.

[2][1] These variation sets were first published in 1819 in both London and Vienna.