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The violin and its music, 1885
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1property. He died at Nice, May 27th, 1840, aged 56.
3Fétis gives the following list of his compositions:
4—Op. 1, Ventiquattro Capricci per Violino solo, dedicati agli artisti; Op. 2, Sei Sonati per Violino e Chitarra; Op. 3, Sei Sonati per Violino e Chitarra; Op. 4 and 5, Tre gran Quartetti a Violino, Viola, Chitarra, e Violoncello.
6The above are the compositions published in his lifetime.
8Op. 6, Concerto in E flat; Op. 7, Concerto in B minor; Op. 8, Le Streghe (Witches' Dance); Op. 9, Variations on "God save the King"; Op. 10, Le Carnival de Venise; Op. 11, Moto Perpetuo; Op. 12, Variations, "Non Piu Mesta"; Op. 13, Variations, "Di Tanti Palpiti"; Op. 14, Sixty Variations in all the keys, on the air, "Barucaba."
10M. Fétis remarks, "Paganini was aware that the interest which his concerts created would diminish materially if he published the compositions he performed." He only travelled with the orchestral accompaniments, and no one ever saw the solo parts.
12It may not be generally known to Violinists that a few of the studies of Paganini were adapted to the Pianoforte by Schumann and Liszt, and that the former has left on record remarks relative to the composer and the adaptors. He tells us "Paganini is said to have rated his merit as a composer more highly than his talent as a virtuoso. If general
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