List of compositions by Niccolò Paganini
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This is a list of the compositions of the Italian virtuoso
violin
ist Niccolò Paganini
(1782–1840).
12 pieces for Guitar without number:
5 pieces for Guitar (First Edition : Milan, Ricordi, 1975) :
Virtuoso
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violin
Violin
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ist Niccolò Paganini
Niccolò Paganini
Niccolò Paganini was an Italian violinist, violist, guitarist, and composer. He was one of the most celebrated violin virtuosi of his time, and left his mark as one of the pillars of modern violin technique...
(1782–1840).
With MS number
| Date | Opus | M.S. | Name | Key | Instrument | Info and note (*) by composition |
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| 1795c | 1 | Carmagnola con variazioni (Carmagnola variations) | A | Violin / Guitar | 14 Variations on the French Hymn "Carmagnole Carmagnole La Carmagnole, the name of the short jacket worn by working-class militant sans-culottes adopted from the Piedmontese peasant costume whose name derives from the town of Carmagnola, is the title of a French song created and made popular during the French Revolution, based on a tune and a wild dance... " |
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| 1803 | 61 | 2 | Sonata concertata | A | Guitar / Violin | |
| 1803–04 | 3 | Grande Sonata | A | Guitar / Violin | ||
| 1804 | 4 | Divertimenti Carnevaleschi | String Trio | for 2 violins and cello | ||
| 1805–09 | 5 | Sonata Napoleone | Eb | Orch. / Violin | Sonata with variations for the fourth string | |
| 1805–09 | 6 | Duo Merveille (Sonata for solo violin) | C | Violin | (aka. Duet for solo violin, Merveille de Paganini) | |
| 1805–09 | 7 | 3 "Lucca" Sonatas (Opera III) ?? | n.a. | |||
| 1805–09 | 8 | Entrata d'Adone nella reggia di Venere | Violin / Guitar | Entrance of Adonis in the Royal Palace of Venus | ||
| 1805–09c | 9 | 6 "Lucca" Sonatas (Opera I) | n.a. | Violin / Guitar | ||
| 1805–09c | 10 | 6 "Lucca" Sonatas (Opera II) | n.a. | Violin / Guitar | ||
| 1805–09c | 11 | 6 "Lucca" Sonatas (Opera IV) | n.a. | Violin / Guitar | ||
| 1805–09c | 12 | 6 "Lucca" Sonatas (Opera V) | n.a. | Violin / Guitar | ||
| 1805–09c | 13 | 6 "Lucca" Sonatas (Opera VI) | n.a. | Violin / Guitar | ||
| 1805–06c | 14 | Serenata per Rovene | Em | Mandolin / Guitar | also for Violin & Guitar | |
| 1805–08c | 15 | 4 Notturni un Quartetto | n.a. | Violin / Piano | ||
| 1805–06c | 16 | Serenata | Gm | Mandolin / Guitar | ||
| 1808 | 17 | Serenata | C | Guitar & Strings Trio | for viola, cello & Guitar | |
| 1810 (ant.) | 18 | Polacca con variazioni | A | Orch. / Violin | Polacca with variations | |
| 1813 | 8 | 19 | Le Streghe | D | Orch. / Violin | Variations on a theme from the ballet Il noce di Benevento, Franz Xaver Süssmayr Franz Xaver Süssmayr Franz Xaver Süssmayr was an Austrian composer, now famous for his completion of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Requiem.-Early life:... |
| 1815c | 20 | 3 String Quartets | n.a. | String Quartet | ||
| 1816 | 6 | 21 | Concerto No. 1 Violin Concerto No. 1 (Paganini) The Violin Concerto No. 1, Op. 6, was composed by Niccolò Paganini in Italy, probably between 1817 and 1818. The concerto reveals that Paganini's technical wizardry was fully developed... |
D | Orch. / Violin | Eb, but usually transposed to D |
| 1819 | 12 | 22 | Non piu mesta accanto al fuco (Introduzione e variazioni su) | Eb | Orch. / Violin | Introduction and Variations on a Theme from La Cenerentola La Cenerentola La Cenerentola, ossia La bontà in trionfo is an operatic dramma giocoso in two acts by Gioachino Rossini. The libretto was written by Jacopo Ferretti, based on the fairy tale Cinderella... , Rossini |
| 1818–19 | 23 | Sonata "a Preghiera" (aka. Moses Fantasy) | Fm | Orch. / Violin | Variations for the fourth string on the theme "Dal tuo stellato soglio" from Mosè in Egitto Mosè in Egitto Mosè in Egitto is a three-act opera written by Gioachino Rossini to a libretto by Andrea Leone Tottola, which was based on a play by Francesco Ringhieri, L'Osiride, of 1760.... , Rossini |
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| 1819* | 24 | Pot-Pourri | Orch. / Violin | *1831 | ||
| 1818 (ant.) | 1 | 25 | 24 capricci 24 Caprices for Solo Violin (Paganini) The 24 Caprices for Solo Violin, Op. 1 was written by Niccolò Paganini between 1802 and 1817 and published in 1819. They are also designated as M.S. 25 in Maria Rosa Moretti and Anna Sorrento's Catalogo tematico delle musiche di Niccolò Paganini, which was published in 1982... |
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| 1805–09 | 2 | 26 | 6 Sonatas | n.a. | Violin / Guitar | |
| 1805–09 | 3 | 27 | 6 Sonatas | n.a. | Violin / Guitar | |
| 1806–16* | 4.1 | 28 | Quartet No. 01 | Am | Guitar & Strings Trio | for violin, viola, cello and guitar / *1813–15c, 1806–16 |
| 1806–16* | 4.2 | 29 | Quartet No. 02 | C | Guitar & Strings Trio | for violin, viola, cello and guitar / *1813–15c, 1806–16 |
| 1806–16* | 4.3 | 30 | Quartet No. 03 | A | Guitar & Strings Trio | for violin, viola, cello and guitar / *1813–15c, 1806–16 |
| 1806–16* | 5.1 | 31 | Quartet No. 04 | D | Guitar & Strings Trio | for violin, viola, cello and guitar / *1813–15c, 1806–16 |
| 1806–16* | 5.2 | 32 | Quartet No. 05 | C | Guitar & Strings Trio | for violin, viola, cello and guitar / *1813–15c, 1806–16 |
| 1806–16* | 5.3 | 33 | Quartet No. 06 | Dm | Guitar & Strings Trio | for violin, viola, cello and guitar / *1813–15c, 1806–16 |
| 1817–18 | 34 | Quartet No. 07 | E | Guitar & Strings Trio | for violin, viola, cello and guitar | |
| 1817–18 | 35 | Quartet No. 08 | A | Guitar & Strings Trio | for violin, viola, cello and guitar | |
| 1818 | 36 | Quartet No. 09 | D | Guitar & Strings Trio | for violin, viola, cello and guitar | |
| 1818 | 37 | Quartet No. 10 | F | Guitar & Strings Trio | for violin, viola, cello and guitar | |
| 1819 | 38 | Quartet No. 11 | B | Guitar & Strings Trio | for violin, viola, cello and guitar | |
| 1819 | 39 | Quartet No. 12 | Am | Guitar & Strings Trio | for violin, viola, cello and guitar | |
| 1819 | 40 | Quartet No. 13 | F | Guitar & Strings Trio | for violin, viola, cello and guitar | |
| 1819 | 41 | Quartet No. 14 | A | Guitar & Strings Trio | for violin, viola, cello and guitar | |
| 1820 | 42 | Quartet No. 15 | Am | Guitar & Strings Trio | for violin, viola, cello and guitar | |
| 1820c | 43 | 43 Ghiribizzi (fantasy) | n.a. | Guitar | n.16 "Nel cor più non mi sento Nel cor più non mi sento "Nel cor più non mi sento" is a soprano aria from act 2 in Giovanni Paisiello's 1788 opera L'amor contrastato, ossia La molinara, usually known as La molinara.... " (Violin solo Version, 1821) / n.17 "Le Streghe" / n.20 "Là ci darem la mano" (Don Giovanni Don Giovanni Don Giovanni is an opera in two acts with music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and with an Italian libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte. It was premiered by the Prague Italian opera at the Teatro di Praga on October 29, 1787... ) |
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| 1827 | 44 | Nel cor più non mi sento | G | Violin | Introduction and variations on "Nel cor più non mi sento" from :it:La molinara (1788), Giovanni Paisiello Giovanni Paisiello Giovanni Paisiello was an Italian composer of the Classical era.-Life:Paisiello was born at Taranto and educated by the Jesuits there. He became known for his beautiful singing voice and in 1754 was sent to the Conservatorio di S. Onofrio at Naples, where he studied under Francesco Durante, and... |
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| 1823–24* | 19 | 45 | Cantabile e Valtz | E | Violin / Guitar | *1823, 1824c |
| 1824 | 46 | Sonata Militare ("Non piu andrai") | Orch. / Violin | Variations for the fourth string on the theme "Non piu andrai" from The Marriage of Figaro The Marriage of Figaro Le nozze di Figaro, ossia la folle giornata , K. 492, is an opera buffa composed in 1786 in four acts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, with Italian libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte, based on a stage comedy by Pierre Beaumarchais, La folle journée, ou le Mariage de Figaro .Although the play by... , Mozart |
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| 1818* | 47 | Sonata con variazioni ("Pria ch'io l'impegno") | E | Orch. / Violin | Variations on the theme "Pria ch'io l'impegno" from L'amor marinaro, Joseph Weigl Joseph Weigl Joseph Weigl , was an Austrian composer and conductor.The son of Joseph Franz Weigl , the principal cellist in the orchestra of the Esterházy family, he was born in Eisenstadt and studied music under Johann Georg Albrechtsberger and Antonio Salieri... / *1818, 1828 |
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| 1826 | 7 | 48 | Concerto No. 2 Violin Concerto No. 2 (Paganini) The Violin Concerto No. 2 in B minor, Op. 7, was composed by Niccolò Paganini in Italy in 1826. In his Second Concerto, Paganini holds back on the demonstration of virtuosity in favour of greater individuality in the melodic style... |
Bm | Orch. / Violin | 3rd Movement (Rondo) aka. "La Campanella", "The little bell", "Rondo a la clochette" |
| 49 | Adagio ?? | Bm/Eb | Orch. / Violin | Alternative Adagio for Concerto No. 2 | ||
| 1826 | 50 | Concerto No. 3 Violin Concerto No. 3 (Paganini) The Violin Concerto No. 3 in E major was composed by Niccolò Paganini in 1826. On 12 December 1826, Paganini wrote from Naples to his friend L. G... |
E | Orch. / Violin | ||
| 1828 | 51 | Maestosa Sonata Sentimentale | Orch. / Violin | Variations for the fourth string on the theme "Gott erhalte Franz den Kaiser Gott erhalte Franz den Kaiser Gott erhalte Franz den Kaiser was an anthem to Francis II, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire and later of Austria. Lorenz Leopold Haschka wrote the lyrics, and Joseph Haydn composed the melody... " (Austrian national anthem) by Joseph Haydn Joseph Haydn Franz Joseph Haydn , known as Joseph Haydn , was an Austrian composer, one of the most prolific and prominent composers of the Classical period. He is often called the "Father of the Symphony" and "Father of the String Quartet" because of his important contributions to these forms... |
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| 1828 | 52 | La Tempesta (La Grande Sonata drammatica) | Orch. / Violin | Dramatic Scene on the fourth string by J. Panny & Paganini | ||
| 1828 | 53 | E pur amabile | Vocal / Piano | Aria for Soprano | ||
| 1828 | 54 | Cappriccio (aka. Preludio) | G | Violin | ||
| 1831* | 55 | Sonatina e Polacchetta (with variations) | Bb | Orch. / Violin | *1829, 1831 | |
| 1829 | 9 | 56 | God Save the King | Orch. / Violin | Variations on the English national anthem "God Save the King" | |
| 1829 | 57 | Sonata Varsavia | Orch. / Violin* | Variations on a mazurka by J. Elsner Józef Elsner Józef Antoni Franciszek was a composer, music teacher and music theoretician, active mainly in Warsaw... / *Violin Part Only, orchestra part lost |
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| 1829* | 58 | Sonata Appassionata | Orch. / Violin | *1829, ?1828 | ||
| 1829 | 10 | 59 | Il Carnevale di Venezia (The Carnival of Venice) | A | Orch. / Violin | Variations on the Neapolitan song "O mamma, mamma cara" |
| 1829–30 | 60 | Concerto No. 4 | Dm | Orch. / Violin | ||
| 1830 | 61 | Sonata amorosa Galante | Orch. / Violin | |||
| 1830 | 62 | Quel jour heureux (Patriotic Song) | Vocal / Chorus / Piano | for solist, Men Choir & Piano, on a G. Harrys' text | ||
| 1831 | 63 | Rondo | A | Violin / Cello | ||
| 1831 | 64 | St Patrick's Day | Orch. / Violin | Variation on the Irish folktune | ||
| 1831c | 65 | Concertino "Mr Henry" | E | Orch. / Misc. | for horn, bassoon & orchestra / Dedicated to Mr. Henry | |
| 1831–32 | 66 | Perpetula (Sonata movimento perpetuo) | C | Orch. / Violin | 2 versions for this work (incomplete work) / version pour Piano & Orch (A, orr. Bb) | |
| 1828–32 | 67 | Le Couvent du Mont Saint Bernard (The Couvent of the Mount Saint Bernard) | Orch. / Misc. | for violin, wordless chorus and orchestra | ||
| 1833c* | 68 | Caprice d'adieu (Farewell Caprice) | Violin | Dedicated "A mon ami M. E. Eliason" / *?1831, 1833c | ||
| 1833 | 69 | Terzetto | D | Guitar & Strings Duo | for violin, cello & Guitar | |
| 1834 | 70 | Sonata per la Grand Viola (Sonata for large viola) | Cm | Orch. / Misc. | for viola and orchestra | |
| 1835 | 14 | 71 | Variazioni sul Barucabà (Barucaba variations) | Violin / Guitar | 60 Variations on the Genoese folksong "Barucabà" | |
| 1835 | 11 | 72 | Moto Perpetuo (Perpetual Motion) | C | Orch. / Violin | Allegro vivace a movimento perpetuo / nb : usually play Violin & Piano / Paganini write also a Guitar accompaniment |
| 1838c | 73 | La Primavera, Sonata with variations | A | Orch. / Violin* | *Violin Part Only, Arr. acc. Piano M. Kergl (1952) | |
| 1838c | 74 | Balletto Campestre | Orch. / Violin | Variations on a comic theme | ||
| 1815 (ant.) | 75 | Concerto No. 6 or No. "0" | Em | Orch. / Violin / Guitar | orchestrations by Federico Mompellio and Francesco Fiore | |
| 1819–26 | 76 | Tarantella | Am | Orch. / Violin | ||
| 1819 | 13 | 77 | I Palpiti (Heartbeats) | A | Orch. / Violin | Introduction & Variations on the theme "Di tanti palpiti" from Tancredi Tancredi Tancredi is a melodramma eroico in two acts by composer Gioachino Rossini and librettist Gaetano Rossi, based on Voltaire's play Tancrède... , Rossini |
| 1830 | 78 | Concerto No. 5 Violin Concerto No. 5 (Paganini) The Violin Concerto No. 5 in A minor was composed by Niccolò Paganini in 1830. It is one of the most widely performed out of Paganini's last four violin concertos, which are owned by Paganini's estate and are not in the public domain. A typical performance lasts about 40 minutes.The concerto is in... |
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| 1810–1816* | 79 | Sonata "Maria Luisa" | E | Orch. / Violin | Sonata with variations for the fourth string / Orch. Part lost / Guitar acc. Arr. version / *1810, 1813 | |
| 80 | Valtz ?? | Violin | ||||
| 81 | Inno patriottico (Patriotic hymn) | A | Violin | Allegro & 6 variations | ||
| 82 | Tema variato | A | Violin | Theme and 7 variations | ||
| 83 | Sonata for solo violin | A | Violin | |||
| 84 | 37 Sonatas | n.a. | Guitar | |||
| 85 | 5 Sonatine | n.a. | Guitar | 6 sonatine | ||
| 86 | Allegretto | A | Guitar | from 12 pieces without number (c or d1) | ||
| 87 | Sonata ?? | E | Guitar | |||
| 88 | Andantino ?? | G | Guitar | |||
| 89 | Andantino | C | Guitar | from 12 pieces without number (b or f2) | ||
| 90 | Allegretto | A | Guitar | from 12 pieces without number (c or d1) | ||
| 91 | Allegretto ?? | Am | Guitar | |||
| 92 | Valtz | C | Guitar | from 12 pieces without number (e1 or e2) | ||
| 93 | Untitled (Rondo) ?? | A | Guitar | |||
| 94 | Rondoncino ?? | E | Guitar | |||
| 95 | Allegretto ?? | C | Guitar | |||
| 96 | Valtz | E | Guitar | from 12 pieces without number (f1) | ||
| 97 | Andantino | C | Guitar | from 12 pieces without number (b or f2) | ||
| 1800c | 98 | Sinfonia della Lodovisia | D | Guitar | ||
| 99 | Andantino ?? | G | Guitar | |||
| 100 | Valtz | C | Guitar | from 12 pieces without number (e1 or e2) | ||
| 101 | Trio ?? | F | Guitar | |||
| 102 | Andantino ?? | Fm | Guitar | |||
| 103 | Marcia (Una gran marcha) | A | Guitar | ?? Marche en Mi Majeur | ||
| 104 | Minuetto "Che va chiamando Dida" | Guitar | aka. "Che va chiamando Dida et Perigordino" | |||
| 105 | Marziale (con Trio) ?? | E | Guitar | |||
| 106 | Minuetto | E | Mandolin | |||
| 1802c | 107 | 3 Duetti (Concertante duets) | n.a. | Violin / Cello | ||
| 108 | Sonata a violino e viola ?? | Violin / Viola | ||||
| 1822–24c | 17 | 109 | Cantabile | D | Violin / Piano | |
| 110 | 6 Duetti | n.a. | Violin / Guitar | Nos. 3 – 6 originally published as "Quattro Sonatine" | ||
| 1807?" | 111 | Duetto amoroso | C | Violin / Guitar | ||
| 1828 & after… | 64 | 112 | Centone di sonate, 18 Sonatas | n.a. | Violin / Guitar | |
| 1800 (before) | 113 | 3 ritornelli | n.a. | String Trio | for 2 violin & Bass | |
| 1833 | 114 | Terzetto concertante | D | Guitar & Strings Duo | for viola, cello & Guitar | |
| 115 | Serenata | F | Guitar & Strings Duo | for 2 violins & Guitar | ||
| 116 | Terzetto | Am | Guitar & Strings Duo | for 2 violins & Guitar | ||
| 1820c | 117 | Nel cuor più non mi sento | A | Violin / String Duo | for violin with the accomp. of violin and cello | |
| 1802c | 118 | Sonata a violino scordato | Violin / String Duo | for solo "detuned" violin & 2 violin | ||
| 119 | Sul margine d'un rio | Vocal / Piano | Aria for Soprano | |||
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| 121 | Canzonetta | C | Vocal / Guitar | |||
| 122 | Duetto | G | Violin / Guitar | |||
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| 1800? | 130 | 3 Duetti (Concertante duets) | n.a. | Violin / Bassoon | Heirs of C. Sivori private collection, Genoa / ed. I Vescovo & F.M. Noguera (Milan, 1997) | |
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| 1805–09c | 133 | 6 "Lucca" Sonatas | n.a. | Violin / Guitar | ||
| 1805–09c | 134 | 6 "Lucca" Sonatas | n.a. | Violin / Guitar |
Guitar solo
5 pieces for Guitar (1800)12 pieces for Guitar without number:
- a1) Minuetto (E)
- a2) Rondo Allegro (E)
- b) Andantino (C) ??(MS.89 or 97)
- c) Allegretto (A) ??(MS.86 or 90)
- d1) Allegretto (A) ??(MS.86 or 90)
- d2) Minuetto (A minor)
- e1) Valtz (C) ??(MS.92 or 100)
- e2) Valtz (C) ??(MS.92 or 100)
- e3) Rondocino(C)
- f1) Valtz (E) ??(MS.96)
- f2) Andantino (C) ??(MS.89 or 97)
5 pieces for Guitar (First Edition : Milan, Ricordi, 1975) :
- Scherzo (C)
- Sonatine (C)
- Rondo (C)
- Allegretto (E)
- Menuet (E)
Chamber Music
- "6 Duettinos" for violin and guitar
- "Variazoni di bravura" on "Caprice No. 24" for violin and guitar
- "6 Duetti Fiorentini" for viloin and piano (Ed. Max Kergl)
- "Sonata a violino principale" (for solo violin, violin and cello)
- "Introduction e tema con variazoni" (for solo violin and string quartet)
- "6 preludio" (for 2 violins and bass)
- "Sonata e variazoni" for guitar, violin, viola(part lost), cello (Heirs of C. Sivori private collection)
Vocal
- "Vocal Fantasy" (aria for soprano and orchestra)
- La Farfalletta (for voice and piano)
Doubtful works
- "Divertimenti concertanti" for violin and piano (?MS.viN4)
- "3 airs varies" for violon on the fourth string and piano(G. Carulli) (?MS.vN3)
- "Les charmes de Padoue" (Padua attractions) for violin and piano (First public exhibition: London, 1831) (?MS.vN5)
- "Tema Napolitana" (Padua attractions) for violin and piano(part lost) (?MS.vN11)
Lost
- Cappricio on "Là ci darem la mano" (1828) for violin and orchestra (from Mozart's Don GiovanniDon GiovanniDon Giovanni is an opera in two acts with music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and with an Italian libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte. It was premiered by the Prague Italian opera at the Teatro di Praga on October 29, 1787...
, perf. Vienna, 11 May 1828) - "Fandango Spagnolo" (1800) for violin