Violin Concerto No. 1 (Paganini)

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Niccolò Paganini composed his first violin concerto in Italy, most likely between 1817 and 1818. The first concerto reveals that Paganini's technical wizardry was fully developed by this point. It is thought that, in particular, contemporary audiences must have gasped at the quite extended passages of double-stop thirds, both chromatic and in harmonics. The concerto also shows the great influence of the Italian bel canto opera in Paganini's melodic style, especially by the work of his younger contemporary, Gioachino Rossini [1]

Paganini's first violin concerto is in three movements:

  1. Allegro maestoso – Tempo giusto
  2. Adagio
  3. Rondo: Allegro spirituoso – Un poco più presto

[edit] References

  1. ^ Klein, Hans-Günter (1976). "Concertos Nos. 1 & 2". In Accardo Plays Paganini: Complete Recordings (p. 8) [CD Booklet]. Germany: Deutsche Grammophon.


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