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  2. Niccolò Paganini - Wikipedia

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    By 1800, Paganini and his father traveled to Livorno, where Paganini played in concerts and his father resumed his maritime work. In 1801, the 18-year-old Paganini was appointed first violin of the Republic of Lucca , but a substantial portion of his income came from freelancing.

  3. List of compositions by Niccolò Paganini - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  4. 24 Caprices for Solo Violin (Paganini) - Wikipedia

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    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.

  5. Caprice No. 24 (Paganini) - Wikipedia

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    Caprice No. 24 in A minor is the final caprice of Niccolò Paganini's 24 Caprices, and a famous work for solo violin. The caprice, in the key of A minor , consists of a theme , 11 variations , and a finale.

  6. The Devil's Violinist - Wikipedia

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    To deal with the situation of Paganini being distracted by this protégé, Urbani arranges a rendezvous between Paganini and Charlotte after one of his performances, however, he invites a courtesan to visit Paganini's dark hotel bedroom before Charlotte arrives. Paganini assumes in the darkness that it is Charlotte come to visit him and does ...

  7. Violin Concerto No. 5 (Paganini) - Wikipedia

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    The first theme of the majestic first movement, a theme that generates from "Le Streghe" (Witches's Dance) and the beginning of the second are also found in Paganini's "Sonata Varsavia" (Warsaw Sonata). The Andante is perhaps musically the central section of the work. In the third movement the recurrent idea is an ingenious melody "alla ...

  8. Violin Concerto No. 4 (Paganini) - Wikipedia

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    The tempo marking here means "brisk and majestic". The movement modulates from D minor → F major → A minor → D minor → D major. The first movement begins with a powerful Beethoven-esque theme with striking similarity to the third movement of Vivaldi's Violin Concerto No. 6 consisting of a six-note melody, played by the viola and violin sections, punctuated by strong and syncopated ...

  9. Moretti and Sorrento - Wikipedia

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    Moretti and Sorrento refers to a thematic catalogue of the works of Niccolò Paganini. The catalogue was commissioned in 1982 by the city of Genoa in celebration of the bicentenary of Paganini's birth. [1] It was edited by Maria Rosa Moretti and Anna Sorrento, hence the abbreviation "MS" is assigned to Paganini's catalogued works. [1]