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Niccolò Paganini was born in Genoa (then capital of the Republic of Genoa) on 27 October 1782, the third of the six children of Antonio and Teresa (née Bocciardo) Paganini. [ 1 ] : 11 Antonio Paganini was an unsuccessful ship chandler , [ 2 ] but he managed to supplement his income by working as a musician and by selling mandolins .
Jean Schneitzhoeffer was so inspired by Paganini's performance that he based the scene of Old Madge's witchcraft which opens Act II of his ballet La Sylphide (1832) on Le Streghe. [5] 1815 c. 20: 3 String Quartets: d, Eb, a: String Quartet: 2 violins, viola and cello 1816: 6: 21: Violin Concerto No.1: Eb: Violin / Orch. Usually transposed to D ...
Niccolò Paganini. The 24 Caprices for Solo Violin were written in groups (seven, five and twelve) by Niccolò Paganini between 1802 and 1817. They are also designated as M.S. 25 in Maria Rosa Moretti's and Anna Sorrento's Catalogo tematico delle musiche di Niccolò Paganini which was published in 1982.
The bet stands and Paganini ends up losing his violin. At a practice in London, Paganini borrows a violin from the first violinist in the orchestra. At a later concert, the King enters his box at the theatre and Paganini interrupts the sequence of his scheduled numbers to perform an improvised version of God Save the King, to tumultuous ...
Gregor Piatigorsky – Variations on a Paganini Theme, for cello and orchestra (1946), later arranged for cello and piano; Simon Proctor – Paganini Metamorphasis, for solo piano; Frank Proto – Capriccio di Niccolo for Trumpet and Orchestra (1994). Nine Variants on Paganini for Double Bass and Orchestra, also for Double Bass and Piano (2001).
Paganini's original published scoring was for 1 flute, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 1 bassoon, 2 horns, 2 trumpets, 1 trombone, and strings.. In the years following the original publication of the work, Paganini occasionally expanded his orchestration, writing out some odd parts to add from time to time in performance: 2nd flute, contrabassoon, doubled the horns, added trombones 1 & 2 (moving the ...
The Violin Concerto No. 5 in A minor was composed by Niccolò Paganini in 1830. It is one of the most widely performed of Paganini's last four violin concertos. A typical performance lasts about 40 minutes. It is in fact the last concerto of Paganini (the concerto #6 was partly written in 1815.) The concerto is in three movements:
Nicolò Paganini may refer to: Niccolò Paganini (1782–1840), Italian composer;