貝多芬的鋼琴曲目中，一般較著重於奏鳴曲，而疏於變奏曲，特別是這次所要研究的貝多芬《狄亞貝里變奏曲》更是久聞其名，難以接觸。它含有豐富的技巧、不僅融入了巴洛克及古典時期的思想，更為浪漫樂派作鋪陳。為變奏曲中的經典之作。
本文一共有五個章節：第一章說明本文的研究動機與目的及研究方法；第二章將針對一八二三年以前變奏曲作簡略概述，藉由貝多芬此時期作品，探討其變奏曲作曲手法；第三章針對《狄亞貝里變奏曲》的創作背景、創作經過及貝多芬同時期作品作探究；第四章將深入研究《狄亞貝里變奏曲》之樂曲分析及演奏詮釋；第五章為此論文作結論。

In the repertories of Beethoven, his sonatas have earned a lot of attention than his variations, particularly his masterpiece Diabelli Variations, which is, the theme of this research, well known but hard to touch. Diabelli Variations involve a wealth of skills, and it not only infuses the thoughts of Baroque and Classical Age but also elaborate on Romanticism Music. Diabelli Variations is definitely a classic work in Variations.
This article includes five chapters: the first chapter explains the article’s research motivation, purpose and method; Chapter Two briefly overviews on the Variations composed before the year of 1823, by using Beethoven’s works that produced in this period to discover the compositional techniques of his variations; Chapter Three explores the creative background and process of Diabelli Variations and the same period of works of Beethoven; Chapter Four will intensively study the Analysis of Composition and playing interpretation of Diabelli Variations; the last chapter, Chapter Five, is a conclusion for this paper.

專書著作(中文)
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大木正純《貝多芬》。林勝儀 譯。台北：美樂出版社，1999。
Burk John《貝多芬的命運與創作》。梁友梅 譯。台北：天同出版社，1979。
Carl Czerny《貝多芬全部鋼琴作品的正確奏法》。張淑懿 譯。台北：全音樂譜出版社，1984。
Dubal David《鋼琴家談演奏藝術》。顧連理 譯。台北：世界文物，1998。
Rolland Romain《貝多芬傳》。傅雷 譯。台北：世界文物，1996。
Sonneck《貝多芬其人其事》。張冕 譯。台北：世界文物，1995。

學術論文
林宜貞。〈貝多芬鋼琴奏鳴曲中變奏樂章之探討〉。國立中山大學碩士論文，1999。
陳盈綺。〈貝多芬第三十二號鋼琴奏鳴曲C小調Op. 111之分析研究〉。國立台灣師範大學碩士論文，1998。
陳冠如。〈貝多芬依據莫札特歌劇《唐․喬望尼》中「讓我們手牽手」變奏曲之樂曲分析與演奏詮釋〉。國立台北教育大學碩士論文，2010。
孫涵薇。〈貝多芬狄亞貝里鋼琴變奏曲作品一二O之詮釋報告〉。國立台灣師範大學碩士論文，2003。
鄭佳珊。〈貝多芬英雄主題變奏曲作品三十五〉。國立台北藝術大學碩士論文，2010。

外文期刊
Bergquist Stephan A. “Beethoven’s Diabelli Variations: Early Performance History.”The Beethoven Newsletter 7, No.2(Summer 1992): 38-41.
________. “Beethoven’s Diabelli Variations: A Survey of The Recordings on Compact Disc.”The Beethoven Journal 12, No.1(Spring 1997): 14-18.
Kinderman William.“Beethoven’s Diabelli Variations, opus 120, and His Late Compositional Style”The Beethoven Newsletter2, No.3(Winter 1987):41, 52-55.
Solomon Maynard. “Beethoven’s Diabelli Variation: The End of a Beginning”Beethoven Forum 7 (1999): 137-151.

樂譜
Beethoven Ludwig von. Thirty-Three Variations on a Waltz by Diabelli, C. Ed Siegfried Kross. Munich: G. Hanle, 1972.
________. Thirty-Three Variations on a Waltz by Diabelli, C. Ed Erwin Ratz. Wiener Urtext Edition, 1960.
________. Thirty-Three Variations on a Waltz by Diabelli, C. Ed Georg Kuhlmann. Frankfurt: C. F. Peters.

有聲資料
Beethoven Ludwig von. Thirty-Three Variations on a Waltz by Diabelli, C. Alfred Brendel, Piano. Philios 426232-2, 1990. CD.
________. Thirty-Three Variations on a Waltz by Diabelli, C. Daniel Barenboim, Piano Erato 4809-94810-2, 2000. CD.
________. Thirty-Three Variations on a Waltz by Diabelli, C. Olli Mustonen, Piano. BMG Classics 74321-61448-2, 1999. CD.