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The individual pieces -- each representing a painting -- bear fanciful titles like "The Gnome," "Dispute Between Children at Play," or "Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks."

Originally written for solo piano, the work has been arranged numerous times. As part of the 2007 Beethovenfest, the Venezuelan Brass Ensemble performed a virtuosic version for brass and percussion by British composer Elgar Howarth. Thomas Clamor conducted.