Talk:Variations on a Theme of Chopin (Rachmaninoff)
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Picture edit
The picture we have is just the theme as written by Chopin. The original repeats the latter half; Rachmaninoff dispenses with the repeat; but otherwise, it's identical with what Chopin wrote.
I'd prefer to see it gone, even if we can't get hold of one or more of Rachmaninoff's variations. -- Jack of Oz ... speak! ... 09:32, 10 April 2010 (UTC)
E-flat in bar 3 of Chopin's prelude edit
As noted in Prelude, Op. 28, No. 20 (Chopin)#Bar 3 ambiguity, there is little evidence to suggest that Rachmaninov's use of E-natural in the final right-hand chord of bar 3 of the original theme was a change. This appears to be Chopin's original intent; the flat sign is merely a rumor, appearing in neither the autograph nor the first editions. juju (hajime! | waza) 07:21, 24 December 2017 (UTC)
Change title? edit
I suggest changing 'of' to 'by' (which I think is the only correct way to write it in English). The new title would be "Variations on a Theme by Chopin (Rachmaninoff)". Analogues are also titled like that, for example Variations on a Theme by Haydn, a composition by Brahms. Sawtoothcoriander (talk) 16:05, 3 January 2020 (UTC)