Influenced by Frederic Chopin , Alexander Scriabin was a Russian composer at the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th century. This is a piece based around Scriabin's Prelude No 5 in Eb minor op.16 No4 composed in 1895 - composed for the piano. The Polish composer Alexander Tansman wrote a set of variations for guitar. The original piece is very short - 12 bars long. The variations I've played for years as best I can. The harmonies I love and the melody (which I use in the middle of the piece ) is wonderfully lyrical.