O Hoffnung, Exercise for Archduke Rudolph

O Hoffnung! WoO 200 (early 1818). This brief (four-measure) piano piece was written as an exercise for Archduke Rudolph as part of his music lessons from Beethoven. The Archduke's assignment was to write variations on this theme. Archduke Rudolph eventually completed forty variations, which were published by Steiner in 1819.

WoO: 200

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