Details of the First EditionThree brilliant rondos for piano, composed by Fréd. Kuhlau: No. 1 on a theme from Ricciardo e Zoraide, No. 2 a Polonaise from Tancredi, No. 3 on a theme from Joconde, Op. 113, Nos. I-III. Price: 12 Groschen. Copyright held by the editor, registered in the archives of the Union at C.F. Peters' music office, Leipzig. Paris: Farrenc; Plate numbers: No. 1: 2339, No. 2: 2340, No. 3: 2341; London: Goulding & D'Almaine. Published in 3 volumes, plate numbers 2339-2341 (July, August 1832), each 11 pages, portrait format, engraved print. Advertised in AmZ, page XV of advertisements, November 1832. Sent to Farrenc on October 28, 1831.

Operas from which the melodies are taken

• Rossini: Ricciardo e Zoraide, premiered in Naples on December 3, 1818.
• Rossini: Tancredi, premiered in Venice on February 6, 1813; premiered in Copenhagen on October 30, 1820.
• Isouard: Joconde, premiered in Paris on February 28, 1814; premiered in Copenhagen on October 14, 1817.