 Towards the end of 1823 or early 1824, Liszt's first composition to be published, his Variation on a Waltz by Diabelli (now S. 147), appeared as Variation 24 in of "Vaterländischer Künstlerverein".This anthology, commissioned by Anton Diabelli, includes 50 variations on his waltz by 50 different composers being taken up by Beethoven's 33 variations on the same theme, which are now separately better known simply as his "Diabelli Variations", Op.