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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

Works page 7 of 10

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
Sonata No.20 - Guitar — —— Guitar— 1
Caprice No. 2 - Violin — —— violin— 1
Caprice No. 8 - Violin — —— violin— 1
Caprice No.20 - Violin — —— violin— 1
Concerto in D Major, Op. 6 , Movement 1 - Violin — Op. 6D major Piano, violin— 1
Violin Concerto no. 1, op. 6, movt. 2 — op. 6— violin, Orchestra— 1
Sonata No.30 - Guitar — —— Guitar— 1
Terzetto No. 4 - Violin — —— Guitar, Cello, violin— 1
Sonatina No. 5 - Guitar — —— Guitar— 1
Sonata No.26 - Guitar — —— Guitar— 1
Sonata No.23 - Guitar — —— Guitar— 1
Sonatina No. 1 - Guitar — —— Guitar— 1
Sonata No. 7 - Guitar — —— Guitar— 1
Quartetto No. 7 - Violin — —— Guitar, Cello, violin, Viola— 1
Sonata C Major Op. 2 No. 2 - Score — Op. 2 No. 2— Guitar, violin— 1
Sonata d minor Op. 2 No. 3 - Guitar — Op. 2 No. 3— Guitar, violin— 1
Sonata D Major Op. 2 No. 5 - Score — Op. 2 No. 5— Guitar, violin— 1
Sonata a minor Op. 2 No. 6 - Guitar — Op. 2 No. 6— Guitar, violin— 1
Sonata D Major - Score — —— Guitar, violin— 1
Sonata C Major - Guitar — —— Guitar, violin— 1
Sonata E Major - Score — —— Guitar, violin— 1
Quartetto No. 1 - Cello — —— Guitar, Cello, violin, Viola— 1
43 Ghiribizzi - Guitar — —— Guitar— 2
Sonata No.15 - Guitar — —— Guitar, violin— 1
Sonata No.21 - Guitar — —— Guitar— 1
24 Caprices Op. 1 - Violin — Op. 1— violin— 1
Caprice No. 1 - Violin — —— violin— 1
Caprice No. 3 - Violin — —— violin— 1
Caprice No.21 - Violin — —— violin— 1
Paganini: Grand Sonata for Guitar and Piano with Accompanying Violin — —— Guitar— 1
Paganini: Theme with Variations, Op. 13 (Arr. Fritz Kreisler) — Op. 13— —— 1
Caprice no. 24 — —— Piano— 1
Paganini Caprice No. 24 — —— Double Bass, Keyboard— 1
4 Caprices — —— —— 1
Xylophone Variations — —— Piano, percussion, Xylophone— 1
24 Caprices for Solo Violin, op. 1 no. 9 in E major: Allegretto "La Chasse" — op. 1 no. 9E major Piano, violinClassical 1
24 Caprices for Solo Violin, op. 1 no. 15 in E minor: Posato — op. 1 no. 15E minor violinClassical 1
Moto perpetuo — —— —— 0
Etude No 2 — —— PianoClassical 1
Etude No 3 'La Campanella' — —— —— 1
Caprice No. 9 (La Chasse) [Arranged by Jacques Thibaud] — —— —— —
Caprice No. 14 [Arranged by Eddy Brown] — —— —— 1
Caprice No. 24 [Arranged by Leopold Auer] — —— —— 1
Caprice No. 24 from 24 Caprices, Op. 1 — Op. 1— —— —
3. Cantabile e Valtz, MS 45 — —— —— —
4. Cantabile, MS 109 — —— —— —
Moto perpetuo C-Dur op. 11 -Konzert-Allegro fur Violine und Klavier- — op. 11— Piano, violin— 1
Le Carnaval de Venise op. 10 -Thema mit 20 Variationen fur Violine und Klavier- — op. 10— Piano, violin— 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.