Composer
Niccolò Paganini
Italian violinist and composer (1782–1840)
1782–1840
461 works and musical collections
- Born
- 1782
- Died
- 1840
- Birthplace
- Genoa
- Place of death
- Nice
- 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.
Life and musical career
- Occupations
- classical composer; violinist; violin virtuoso; violist; guitarist; composer; chapelmaster
- Genres
- art music
- Notable works
- 24 Caprices for Solo Violin; Violin Concerto No. 1; Violin Concerto n 2 of Niccolò Paganini; Violin Concerto No. 3; Violin Concerto No. 4; Violin Concerto No. 5
- Awards
- Order of the Golden Spur
- Languages used
- Italian
- VIAF ID
- 93850871
- ISNI
- 0000000122830695
- GND ID
- 118591177
- Library of Congress ID
- n79105881
- MusicBrainz ID
- d581b2f2-f945-4566-a249-2d0171466993
Recorded in Wikidata. Affiliations may refer to earlier stages of the composer's career.
In this catalogue
- Common listed instruments
- Guitar, violin, Piano, Cello, Viola
- Genres represented
- Classical, Rock, Jazz, Pop
- Source entries with composition dates
- 14
These details describe the indexed sheet music, including arrangements.
Catalogue
Sheet music catalogue page 2 of 10
Instruments describe listed editions, including arrangements. Composition dates and keys appear where recorded; collection pages show their individual contents.
| Title | Work details | Listed instruments | Sheet music |
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| Theme From "Witches' Dance" - Position Etudes: 2nd & 3rd Positions | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Theme & Variation | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Minuetto | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Introduction and Theme from 'Witches' Dance' | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Sonata In E | See work details | See edition details | View sheet music |
| Violin Concerto No.1,Op.6 |
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| View sheet music |
| Violin Concerto No.4 | See work details | See edition details | View sheet music |
| Violin Concerto No.5 | See work details | See edition details | View sheet music |
| Op.1: Caprice no. 04: Viol |
| See edition details | View sheet music |
| Paganini: 24 Capricci op. 1 |
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| View sheet music |
| Grande Sonata | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Andantino In F Minor |
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| Melody | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Andantino | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Sonata Op.3 No.6 |
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| Mein Hut, Der Hat Drei Ecken | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| La Campanella | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| 24 Caprices for Solo Violin, op. 1 no. 14 in E-flat major: Moderato |
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| View sheet music |
| Grand Sonata in A |
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| View sheet music |
| Sonata Concertata |
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| View sheet music |
| Sonata per la Grand' Viola |
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3 more instruments
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| Variations on 'Non più mesta' |
| See edition details | View sheet music |
| Violin Concerto No.6 | See work details | See edition details | View sheet music |
| Op.1: Caprice no. 24: Viola: Har |
| See edition details | View sheet music |
| Moto Perpetuo: Op. 1 |
| See edition details | View sheet music |
| Etude No 4 | See work details |
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| Sonatina (Paganini N) | See work details |
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| Sonata In C | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Sinfonia | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Marcia In E | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Andantino In G | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Rondoncino In E | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Marcia In A | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Valtz In E | See work details |
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| Waltz From Sonata No. 9 | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Sonata No. 5 - Guitar | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Sonata No. 4 - Guitar | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Sonata A Major Op. 2 No. 1 |
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| View sheet music |
| Sonata C Major Op. 2 No. 2 - Violin |
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| View sheet music |
| Sonata D Major Op. 2 No. 5 - Violin |
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| View sheet music |
| Grand sonata in A Major - Guitar/Piano |
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| View sheet music |
| Xylophonic Variations | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Nel cor più non mi sento |
| See edition details | View sheet music |
| Terzetto for Violin, Cello and Guitar | See work details | See edition details | View sheet music |
| Variations on 'I Palpiti' |
| See edition details | View sheet music |
| Variations on a G.Weigl's Theme |
| See edition details | View sheet music |
| Op.1: Caprice no. 24: Obo |
| See edition details | View sheet music |
| Op.1: Caprice no. 24: Cello in A mino |
| See edition details | View sheet music |
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.