Composer
Niccolò Paganini
463 works in the index
- Birthplace
- Genoa
- Citizenship / historical state
- Republic of Genoa
- Period (estimated from birth year)
- Romantic
Biography
Paganini rewrote what a violin could do and left a catalogue that is still, two centuries later, the boundary of the instrument's technique.
The 24 Caprices, Op. 1 are the central work and are professional repertoire — the twenty-fourth is the famous one, and it is not a starting point. The violin concerti are equally demanding. What is approachable is the guitar music: he played guitar seriously and wrote a large body of sonatas and duos for violin and guitar that sit at a genuinely amateur level.
Editions of the Caprices differ in bowing and fingering, which on this music is most of the interpretation. Free scans of the original are available and are unmarked; for study, an edited edition is worth having.
In this catalogue
- Common listed instruments
- Guitar, violin, Piano, Cello, Viola
- Genres represented
- Classical, Rock, Jazz, Pop
- Works with composition dates
- 14 of 463
These details describe the indexed sheet music, including arrangements.
Catalogue
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Years are composition dates where known. Instruments describe editions in our catalogue and may include arrangements. A dash means the detail is not recorded.
| Work | Year composed | Catalogue / opus | Key in title | Listed instruments | Genre | Editions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theme From "Witches' Dance" - Position Etudes: 2nd & 3rd Positions | — | — | — | Viola | — | 6 |
| Theme & Variation | — | — | — | violin | Classical | 5 |
| Minuetto | — | — | — | Guitar, Flute | Classical | 5 |
| Introduction and Theme from 'Witches' Dance' | — | — | — | Piano, Saxophone | — | 3 |
| Sonata In E | — | — | — | — | — | 5 |
| Violin Concerto No.1,Op.6 | 1815IMSLP | Op.6 | — | violin, Orchestra | Classical | 4 |
| Violin Concerto No.4 | — | — | — | — | Classical | 4 |
| Violin Concerto No.5 | — | — | — | — | Classical | 4 |
| Op.1: Caprice no. 04: Viol | — | Op.1 | — | — | — | 4 |
| Paganini: 24 Capricci op. 1 | — | op. 1 | — | violin | — | 4 |
| Grande Sonata | — | — | — | Guitar, violin | — | 4 |
| Andantino In F Minor | — | — | F minor | Guitar | — | 4 |
| Melody | — | — | — | violin | Classical | 3 |
| Andantino | — | — | — | Guitar | Classical | 4 |
| Sonata Op.3 No.6 | — | Op.3 No.6 | — | Piano, Guitar, violin | — | 4 |
| Mein Hut, Der Hat Drei Ecken | — | — | — | Piano, Guitar, Voice | — | 3 |
| La Campanella | — | — | — | Piano, Guitar | Classical | 4 |
| 24 Caprices for Solo Violin, op. 1 no. 14 in E-flat major: Moderato | — | op. 1 no. 14 | E-flat major | Piano | Classical | 3 |
| Grand Sonata in A | 1803 ca.IMSLP | — | — | Guitar, violin | — | 3 |
| Sonata Concertata | 1803IMSLP | — | — | Guitar, violin | — | 3 |
| Sonata per la Grand' Viola | 1834 (April) - LondonIMSLP | — | — | Cello, Bassoon, Double Bass, Timpani, Cymbals, Drum | Classical | 3 |
| Variations on 'Non più mesta' | 1819IMSLP | — | — | — | — | 3 |
| Violin Concerto No.6 | — | — | — | — | Classical | 3 |
| Op.1: Caprice no. 24: Viola: Har | — | Op.1 | — | — | — | 3 |
| Moto Perpetuo: Op. 1 | — | Op. 1 | — | — | — | 2 |
| Etude No 4 | — | — | — | Piano | Classical | 3 |
| Sonatina (Paganini N) | — | — | — | Guitar, violin | Classical | 3 |
| Sonata In C | — | — | — | Guitar | — | 3 |
| Sinfonia | — | — | — | Guitar | — | 3 |
| Marcia In E | — | — | — | Guitar | — | 3 |
| Andantino In G | — | — | — | Guitar | — | 3 |
| Rondoncino In E | — | — | — | Guitar | — | 2 |
| Marcia In A | — | — | — | Guitar | — | 3 |
| Valtz In E | — | — | — | Guitar | — | 3 |
| Waltz From Sonata No. 9 | — | — | — | Guitar | — | 3 |
| Sonata No. 5 - Guitar | — | — | — | Guitar, violin | — | 3 |
| Sonata No. 4 - Guitar | — | — | — | Guitar, violin | — | 3 |
| Sonata A Major Op. 2 No. 1 | — | Op. 2 No. 1 | — | Guitar, violin | — | 3 |
| Sonata C Major Op. 2 No. 2 - Violin | — | Op. 2 No. 2 | — | Guitar, violin | — | 3 |
| Sonata D Major Op. 2 No. 5 - Violin | — | Op. 2 No. 5 | — | Guitar, violin | — | 3 |
| Grand sonata in A Major - Guitar/Piano | — | — | A major | Piano, Guitar, violin | — | 2 |
| Xylophonic Variations | — | — | — | Piano, percussion, Xylophone | — | 3 |
| Nel cor più non mi sento | 1821IMSLP | — | — | — | — | 2 |
| Terzetto for Violin, Cello and Guitar | — | — | — | — | — | 2 |
| Variations on 'I Palpiti' | 1828 or beforeIMSLP | — | — | — | — | 2 |
| Variations on a G.Weigl's Theme | 1824IMSLP | — | — | — | — | 2 |
| Op.1: Caprice no. 24: Obo | — | Op.1 | — | — | — | 2 |
| Op.1: Caprice no. 24: Cello in A mino | — | Op.1 | — | — | — | 2 |
Biographical record: Wikidata, matched on name and checked against dates held in the catalogue. The period label is an estimate from birth year. The biography above is our own. Authority record: VIAF 93850871. Portrait: Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.