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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.

Works and available sheet music details
WorkYear composedCatalogue / opusKey in titleListed instrumentsGenreEditions
Perigoldino A Major - Guitar — —— Guitar— 1
Minuetto E Major - Guitar — —— Guitar— 1
Allegretto A Major - Guitar — —— Guitar— 1
Minuetto A Major - Guitar — —— Guitar— 1
Variations on "O mamma, mamma cara" from "Carnival of Venice", Op.10, MS 59 — Op.10— —— 1
Mose-Fantasia 1818IMSLP —— Piano, violin— 1
Tarantella for Violin and Guitar — —— —— 1
Terzetto Concertante — —— Guitar, Cello— 1
Studi in 60 variazioni sull'aria 'Barucaba? — —— —— 1
Variations on 1829IMSLP —— —— 1
Variations on 'La Molinara' 1821IMSLP —— violin— 1
Violin Sonata in A — —— —— 1
Op.1: Caprice no. 02 in B mino — Op.1— —— 1
Op.1: Caprice no. 04 in C mino — Op.1— —— 1
Etude No 1 — —— PianoClassical 2
Etude No 6 — —— PianoClassical 2
Etude No 5 'La Chasse' — —— PianoClassical 2
I Palpiti op. 13 -Introduktion und Variationen fur Violine und Klavier- — op. 13— Piano, violin— 2
37 Sonate (M.S. 84) — S. 84— Guitar— 1
Melodie D'Amour — —— Guitar— 1
Waltz In C — —— Guitar— 1
Caprices Nos. 13, 14 & 19 — —— Cello— 2
Theme From "Witches' Dance" — —— violin, Viola— 1
Variation Number Five — —— —— 1
Variation Number Seven — —— —— 1
Variation Number Nine — —— —— 1
Variation Number Ten — —— —— 0
LOVE, LIVE FOR EVER — —— Piano, Voice— 1
Caprices Op.1, part I — Op.1— —— 1
Caprices Op.1, part II — Op.1— —— 1
Caprices Op.1, part III — Op.1— —— 1
Sonatas Op.1 — Op.1— —— 1
Perigoldino — —— —— 1
Minuetto in A — —— —— 1
Concerto in D Major, Op. 6 , Movement 1 - Piano — Op. 6D major Piano, violin— 1
Violin Concerto no. 1, op. 6, movt. 3 — op. 6— violin, Orchestra— 1
Sonatina, Op. 25 — Op. 25— Guitar— 1
Waltz C Major No. 2 - Solo Guitar — —— Guitar— 1
Sonatina No. 4 - Guitar — —— Guitar— 1
Sonata No.24 - Guitar — —— Guitar— 1
Sonata No.37 - Guitar — —— Guitar— 1
Andantino No. 1 C Major - Guitar — —— Guitar— 1
Sonata Op. 3 No. 5 - Score — Op. 3 No. 5— Guitar, violin— 1
Sonata A Major Op. 2 No. 4 — Op. 2 No. 4— Guitar, violin— 1
Sonata D Major - Violin — —— Guitar, violin— 1
Sonata No.10 - Guitar — —— Guitar— 1
Sonata No.16 - Guitar — —— Guitar, violin— 1
Sonata No.33 - Guitar — —— Guitar— 1

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.