Niccolo Paganini

Paganini was called “The Devil's Son” and “Witch's Brat” for his demonic and amazing violin virtuosity! Audiences thought Paganini made a pact with the devil to be able to perform supernatural displays of technique!

Niccolo Paganini was born on October 27, 1782 in Genoa, Italy. Paganini was first given a mandolin and then at the age of 7 a violin to play. He was locked in his room by his father to practice up to 15 hours a day. By 11 years old, Paganini was already performing solos on stage. By 13 years old, Paganini had become an accomplished violin virtuoso and only needed to learn composition. By 19 years old, Paganini was composing and also learned the guitar.

In 1809, at the age of 27, Paganini toured Italy as a violin soloist and began mesmerizing audiences with his brilliant virtuosity. He could perform any music at sight. At the age of 23, Paganini composed the most difficult work for violin ever in the “24 Caprices.” For years no other violinists but Paganini were capable of playing this technically demanding work. Paganini also composed 6 violin concertos, sonatas for violin, sonatas for violin and guitar, and the famous “La Streghe” (“Witches' Dance”).

Paganini lost his bottom teeth and had an emaciated and pale look which added to the mystic that was building around his virtuosity. He dressed in all black and encouraged people to think that he was possessed by the Devil to be able to perform such supernatural displays of technique! Paganini became famous for his incredible violin techniques, such as performing an entire composition using only the G String (the “Moses Fantasy” for the G String)! Paganini suffered from the disorder “Ehlers-Danlos”- which allowed him more joint mobility in his fingers and from “Marfan Syndrome”-which gave him long limbs and fingers.

Paganini developed and extended the following violin techniques:

• Impossible fingerings
• Scordatura-the diverse tuning of strings
• Double, triple & quadruple stops
• Ricochet bowing
• Complicated harmonics and double stop harmonics
• Multiple trills
• Double Stop Octive runs
• Right and left hand pizzicato

After performing and mesmerizing audiences for years and becoming the first real rock star, Paganini developed an interest in gambling and opened “The Casino Paganini,” which was closed after losing money. Paganini became ill with Larynx cancer and was forced to cancel appearances. Niccolo Paganini, the world's greatest violin virtuoso died in Nice, France in May 27, 1840.

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Paganini's Compositions

Concertos   Violin & Orchestra   Works with Orchestra   Solo Violin   Solo Guitar

Mandolin   Violin & Guitar   Violin & Piano   Violin & Bassoon   Guitar & Violin

Guitar Trios / Quartets   Solo Strings   Compositions arranged by M.S. cat. no.

 

Paganini’s compositions, recorded to date, are listed below. The compositions are arranged into twelve instrumental sections and are listed alphabetically within each section. Movement titles, section titles and tempo notations are indicated in red italics. The same list of compositions are, in addition, arranged by M.S. catalogue number. Readers requiring further information about Paganini's works are referred to the: Catalogo Tematico delle musiche di Niccolò Paganini, Maria Rosa Moretti and Anna Sorrento, Comune di Genova, 1982.

 

 

Concertos

Concerto in E minor (No. '6’ or No. '0'), M.S. 75 [orchestrations by Federico Mompellio and Francesco Fiore]

• Risoluto, Adagio, Rondò ossia Polonese

Concerto No. 1 in D major, M.S. 21 (Op. 6) [orchestrations available also by Alexei Gorokhov, August Wilhelmj (1st movement only) and Fritz Kreisler (1st movement only)]

• Allegro maestoso, Adagio expressivo, Rondò – Allegro spiritoso

Concerto No. 2 in B minor, M.S. 48 (Op. 7) – *see Adagio, M.S. 49, below (Violin and Orchestra)

• Allegro maestoso, Adagio*, Rondò – Andantino, Allegretto moderato

Concerto No. 3 in E major, M.S. 50

• Introduzione – Andante, Allegro marziale, Adagio, Polacca – Andantino, Trio

Concerto No. 4 in D minor, M.S. 60 [orchestration available also by Alexei Gorokhov]

• Allegro maestoso, Adagio flebile (con sentimento), Rondò – Andantino ameno

Concerto No. 5 in A minor, M.S. 78 [orchestrations by Federico Mompellio and Francesco Fiore]

• Allegro maestoso, Andante, un poco sostenuto, Rondò – Andantino, allegretto, Trio

 

Violin and Orchestra

Adagio, M.S. 49 [ochestrations by Michael Jelden and Francesco Fiore] – alternative adagio for Concerto No. 2 in B minor

Balletto Campestre: Variations on a comic theme, M.S. 74

• Andante maestoso, Tema – Andantino comodo, Variazioni 1–49

The Carnival of Venice (Il Carnevale di Venezia): Variations on the Neapolitan song O mamma, mamma cara, in A major, M.S. 59 (Op. 10)

• Adagio, Canzonetta – Andantino, Variazioni I–XII, Finale

God Save the King: Variations on the English national anthem, M.S. 56 (Op. 9)

• Tema – Andantino sostenuto, Variazione I: Un poco più mosso, spiritoso, Variazione II: A terzine con qualità di dolcezza, Variazione III: Lento, Variazione IV: Vivace, Variazione V: A Eco – Larghetto, dolce, Variazione VI: Finale – Presto, energicamente

Maestosa Sonata Sentimentale: Variations for the fourth string on the theme Gott erhalte Franz den Kaiser (Austrian national anthem) by F. J. Haydn, M.S. 51

• Introduzione – Maestoso, Recitativo, Allegro agitato, Inno – Andante Larghetto cantabile, Variazione I, Variazione II: Più mosso, Variazione III: Più lento, Variazione IV: Vivace

Marie Luisa: Sonata with variations for the fourth string, in E major, M.S. 79

• Adagio, Polonese variata – Andantino, Variazione I, Variazione II: Minore, Variazione III: Maggiore, Finale

Moto Perpetuo (Allegro vivace a movimento perpetuo) in C major, M.S. 72 (Op. 11)

• Allegro vivace

Napoleon: Sonata with variations for the fourth string, in E flat major, M.S. 5

• Introduzione – Adagio, Larghetto, Andantino variato, Variazioni I–III, Finale

Non più mesta: Variations on the rondo Non più mesta accanto al fuoco from the opera La Cenerentola by Giacomo Rossini, in E flat major, M.S. 22 (Op. 12)

• Adagio cantabile, Moderato (Thema), Variazioni I–IV, Finale – Allegro

I Palpiti: Variations on the theme Di tanti palpiti from the opera Tancredi by Giacomo Rossini, in A major, M.S. 77 (Op. 13)

• Larghetto cantabile, Recitativo (con grande espressione), Andantino, Variazione I, Variazione II: Un poco più lento , Variazione III: Quasi presto

Polacca with variations (Polacca con variazioni) in A major, M.S. 18

• Adagio, Polacca, Variazione I, Variazione II, Variazione III, Variazione IV: Maggiore

La Primavera: Sonata with variations, in A major, M.S. 73

• Introduzione – Andante sostenuto, Larghetto cantabile – Amoroso, Variazione a modo di Trillo, Recitativo – Allegro moderato, Tema gentile – Andante, Variazione I, Variazione II, Variazione III: Minore, Variazione IV: Maggiore – Allegro, Finale e Coda – Più presto

Sonata a Preghiera (aka. Moses Fantasy): Variations for the fourth string on the theme Dal tuo stellato soglio from the opera Mosè by Giacomo Rossini, in F minor, M.S. 23

• Maestoso (Recitativo – Moderato), Allegro molto, Preghiera – Andante, Tema variato, Più moto – Minore, Finale – Allegro

Sonata movimento perpetuo, Version ‘A’, M.S. 66

• Larghetto con passione, Perpetuela – Allegro vivace

Sonata movimento perpetuo, Version ‘B’, M.S. 66

• Andante amoroso, Moto perpetuo – Allegro vivace

Sonata Varsavia: Variations on a mazurka by J. Elsner, M.S. 57

• Introduzione – Allegro, Recitativo, Tema Polacco – Andantino, Variazione I, Variazione II, Variazione III, Variazione IV, Variazione V: Minore, Variazione VI: Maggiore, Variazione VII, Finale

Sonata with variations (Sonata con variazioni) on the theme Pria ch'io l'impegno from the opera L'amor marinaro by Joseph Weigl, in E major, M.S. 47

• Adagio, Tema – Andante moderato, Variazione I, Variazione II, Variazione III: Più mosso, Variazione IV: Più mosso, Variazione V: Primo tempo, Presto

Le Streghe: Variations on a theme from the ballet Il noce di Benevento by Franz Xaver Süssmayr, in D major, M.S. 19 (Op. 8)

• Introduzione – Maestoso, Larghetto, Tema – Andante, Variazioni I–III, Finale – Allegretto

Tarantella in A minor, M.S. 76

• Presto

 

Works with Orchestra

The Couvent of the Mount Saint Bernard (Le Couvent du Mont Saint Bernard) for violin, wordless chorus and orchestra, M.S. 67

• Andante sonnolento, Pendule – Larghetto, Minuetto – Moderato, l’Aurora – Lento, Maestoso con due variazioni, Rondò

Piece for horn, bassoon and orchestra in E major, M.S. 65

• Larghetto, Allegro moderato

Sonata for large viola (Sonata per la Grand Viola), for viola and orchestra in C minor, M.S. 70

• Introduzione – Larghetto, Recitativo, Cantabile – Andante sostenuto, Tema – Andantino, Variazione I, Variazione II: Minore – Più lento, Variazione III

 

Solo Violin

24 Caprices, M.S. 25 (Op. 1):

• Caprice No. 1 in E major: Andante
• Caprice No. 2 in B minor: Moderato
• Caprice No. 3 in E minor: Sostenuto, Presto
• Caprice No. 4 in C minor: Maestoso
• Caprice No. 5 in A minor: Introduzione, Agitato
• Caprice No. 6 in G minor: Lento
• Caprice No. 7 in A minor: Posato
• Caprice No. 8 in E flat major: Maestoso
• Caprice No. 9 in E major: Allegretto
• Caprice No. 10 in G minor: Vivace
• Caprice No. 11 in C major: Andante, Presto
• Caprice No. 12 in A flat major: Allegro
• Caprice No. 13 in B flat major: Allegro, Minore
• Caprice No. 14 in E flat major: Moderato
• Caprice No. 15 in E minoror: Posato
• Caprice No. 16 in G minor: Presto
• Caprice No. 17 in E flat major: Sostenuto, Andante
• Caprice No. 18 in C major: Corrente, Allegro
• Caprice No. 19 in E flat major: Lento, Allegro assai
• Caprice No. 20 in D major: Allegretto, Minore
• Caprice No. 21 in A major: Amoroso, Presto
• Caprice No. 22 in F major: Marcato, Minore
• Caprice No. 23 in E flat major: Posato, Minore
• Caprice No. 24 in A minor: Tema – Quasi presto, Variazioni I–XI, Finale

Caprice d'Adieu (Farewell Caprice), M.S. 68

• Allegro moderato

Nel cor piu non mi sento: Introduction and variations on the aria Nel cor piu non mi sento from the opera La bella molinara by Giovanni Paisiello, in G major, M.S. 44

• Capriccio – Introduzione, Andante, Variazione I: Brilliante, Variazione II, Variazione III: Più lento, Variazione IV: Allegro, Variazione V, Variazione VI: Appassionato più lento, Variazione VII: Presto, Coda

Patriotic hymn (Inno patriottico) in A major, M.S. 81

• Allegro, Variazioni I–VI

Sonata for solo violin in C major, M.S. 6 (aka. Duet for solo violin, Duo Merveille, Merveille de Paganini) 

• Adagio, Allegro molto

Sonata for solo violin, M.S. 83

• Without  tempo indication, Adagio non tanto, Polonese, Variazioni I–VII

Theme and variations (Tema variato) in A major, M.S. 82

• Tema variato, Variazioni I–VII

Waltz, M.S. 80

 

Solo Guitar

Allegretto in A major, M.S. 86

Allegretto in A major, M.S. 90

Allegretto in A minor, M.S. 91

Andantino in G major, M.S. 88

Andantino in C major, M.S. 89

Andantino in C major, M.S. 97

Andantino in G major, M.S. 99

Andantino in F minor, M.S. 102

43 Ghiribizzi, M.S. 43:

• No. 1 in A major: Allegretto
• No. 2 in C major: Andantino
• No. 3 in C major: Valtz
• No. 4 in A major: Allegretto
• No. 5 in D major: Moderato
• No. 6 in G major: Andantino
• No. 7 in E major: Valtz
• No. 8 in C major: Andante
• No. 9 in C major: Andantino
• No. 10 in C major: Allegretto
• No. 11 in A major: Allegretto
• No. 12 in C major: Andante
• No. 13 in C major: Allegro
• No. 14 in C major: Allegro assai
• No. 15 in G major: Allegro
• No. 16 in G major (‘In cor più non mi sento’, G. Paisiello): Larghetto
• No. 17 in D major (‘Le Streghe’, F. X. Süssmayr): Andantino
• No. 18 in D minor: Andantino
• No. 19 in G major: Corrente
• No. 20 in C major (‘Là ci darem la mano’, W. A. Mozart): Andante
• No. 21 in A major: Allegretto
• No. 22 in A major: Larghetto
• No. 23 in A major: Allegro
• No. 24 in A major: Andante
• No. 25 in C major: Andante
• No. 26 in D major: Arietta
• No. 27 in D major: Andantino
• No. 28 in D major: Valtz
• No. 29 in D major: Marcia
• No. 30 in D major: Allegretto
• No. 31 in A major: Minuetto – Andante
• No. 32 in A major: Allegretto
• No. 33 in A major: Allegretto
• No. 34 in A major: Valtz
• No. 35 in D major: Valtz
• No. 36 in C major: Allegretto
• No. 37 in A major: Adagetto con espressione – Rossini
• No. 38 in A major: Vivace
• No. 39 in D major: Allegretto
• No. 40 in A major: Andante
• No. 41 in C major: Allegro
• No. 42 in A major: Valtz
• No. 43 in A minor: Andantino

Marcia in A major, M.S. 103

Marziale (con Trio) in E major, M.S. 105

Rondoncino in E major, M.S. 94

Sinfonia della Lodovisia in D major, M.S. 98

• Allegro

37 Sonatas, M.S. 84:

• Sonata No. 1 in A major: Minuetto, Andante
• Sonata No. 2 in A major: Minuetto, Allegretto – Ossia Rondoncino
• Sonata No. 3 in C major: Minuetto, Valtz
• Sonata No. 4 in D major: Minuetto, Rondoncino
• Sonata No. 5 in G major: Minuetto, Andantino
• Sonata No. 6 in F major: Minuetto, Allegretto
• Sonata No. 7 in F major: Altro Minuetto, Valtz
• Sonata No. 8 in G major: Minuetto, Allegretto, scherzando
• Sonata No. 9 in C major: Minuetto, Valtz
• Sonata No. 10 in D major: Minuetto, Valtz
• Sonata No. 11 in A major: Minuetto
• Sonata No. 12 in A major: Minuetto, Allegretto
• Sonata No. 13 in C major: Minuetto, Andantino
• Sonata No. 14 in F major: Minuetto, Allegretto in Faffaut (ossia Valtz)
• Sonata No. 15 in C major: Minuetto, Perigordino – Allegretto
• Sonata No. 16 in E major: Minuetto, Allegretto
• Sonata No. 17 in A major: Minuetto, Perigordino
• Sonata No. 18 in A major: Minuetto, Allegretto
• Sonata No. 19 in C major: Minuetto, Allegretto
• Sonata No. 20 in C major: Minuetto, Valtz
• Sonata No. 21 in A major: Minuetto, Valtz in Allamire
• Sonata No. 22 in D major: Minuetto, Andantino
• Sonata No. 23 in A major: Minuetto ‘detto il matto’, Allegretto, Allegretto
• Sonata No. 24 in G major: Minuetto, Andantino
• Sonata No. 25 in E major: Minuetto, Valtz
• Sonata No. 26 in A major: Minuetto ‘per la Signora Marina’, Allegretto
• Sonata No. 27 in A major: Minuetto ‘per la Signora Marina’, Valtz
• Sonata No. 28 in G major: (Chittarra accordata in Viola d’amore) Minuetto, Andantino amoroso
• Sonata No. 29 in G major: Minuetto, Andantino
• Sonata No. 30 in A major: Minuetto, Allegro
• Sonata No. 31 in C major: Minuetto, Rondoncino, Valtz
• Sonata No. 32 in E major: Minuetto, Valtz
• Sonata No. 33 in C minor: Minuetto minore, Andantino
• Sonata No. 34 in A major: Minuetto ‘umigliato alla Gentilissima Signora Emiglia Denegri’
• Sonata No. 35 in E major: Minuetto
• Sonata No. 36 in A major: Minuetto
• Sonata No. 37 in A major: Minuetto

Sonata in E major, M.S. 87

• Minuetto, Rondò – Allegro

Sonata in A major, M.S. 104

• Minuetto, Perigoldino, Variazione I, Variazione II

5 Sonatine, M.S. 85:

• Sonatina No. 1 in C major: Allegro
• Sonatina No. 2 in A major: Marcia, Passo Doppio – Corrente
• Sonatina No. 3 in D major: Andante
• Sonatina No. 4 in C major: Allegro
• Sonatina No. 5 in C major: Allegretto, Allegretto

Trio in F major, M.S. 101

Valtz in C major, M.S. 92

Valtz in E major, M.S. 96

Valtz in C major, M.S. 100

 

Mandolin

Minuet in E major for solo mandolin, M.S. 106

• Minuetto, Minore, Andantino, Minore, Allegro moderato, Minore

Serenata in G major for mandolin and guitar, M.S. 16

• Larghetto, Andantino

Serenata per Rovene in E minor for mandolin and guitar, M.S. 14

• Arietta – Introduzione – Largo, Andante sostenuto, Andantino brillante

 

Violin and Guitar

Barucaba variations (Variazioni sul Barucabà): 60 Variations on the Genoese folksong Barucabà, M.S. 71 (Op. 14)

• Tema – Maestoso, Variazioni 1–60

Bravura variations on an original theme

Cantabile and waltz (Cantabile e Valtz) in E major, M.S. 45 (Op. 19)

• Cantabile – Quasi adagio, Valtz, Minore

Carmagnola variations (Carmagnola con variazioni): 14 Variations on the French Hymn Carmagnola, in A major, M.S. 1

• Largo, Allegro – Tema, Variazioni 1–14

18 Centone di sonate, M.S. 112, Lettera A (Nos. 1–6 overall):

• Sonata No. 1 in A major: Introduzione – Larghetto, Allegro maestoso – Tempo di marcia, Maggiore, Rondoncino – Allegro, Trio, Minore
• Sonata No. 2 in D major: Adagio cantabile, Rondoncino – Andantino, Tempo di Polacca, Minore
• Sonata No. 3 in C major: Introduzione – Prestissimo, Larghetto cantabile
• Sonata No. 4 in A major: Adagio cantabile, Rondò – Andantino, Allegretto, Minore
• Sonata No. 5 in E major: Allegro assai, Andantino vivace, Variazione I, Variazione II: Minore, Variazione III: Maggiore
• Sonata No. 6 in A major: Larghetto cantabile, Rondò – Allegro assai, Trio

18 Centone di sonate, M.S. 112, Lettera B (Nos. 7–12 overall):

• Sonata No. 1 in F major: Allegro giusto – Buonamente, Polacca – Andantino, Allegretto, Trio
• Sonata No. 2 in G major: Andante cantabile, Rondò – Allegretto, Trio
• Sonata No. 3 in A major: Allegro maestoso – Tempo di marcia, Tema – Andante placido, Variazione I: Terzine, Variazione II, Variazione III: Più mosso
• Sonata No. 4 in C major: Allegro risoluto, Rondò – Andantino vivace (Tempo di Pastorale), Trio
• Sonata No. 5 in A minor: Cantabile – Andante appassionata, con flessibilità, Tema – Allegro moderato, Variazione I, Variazione II, Minore, Finale – Tempo di Valtz
• Sonata No. 6 in D major: Andante cantabile, Rondò – Allegretto, Trio

18 Centone di sonate, M.S. 112, Lettera C (Nos. 13–18 overall):

• Sonata No. 1 in E major: Introduzione – Maestoso, Larghetto – Cantabile, Rondò Allegretto – Con Brio, Trio
• Sonata No. 2 in G major: Andante Adagetto, Rondò – Allegro molto vivace, Trio
• Sonata No. 3 in A major: Introduzione – Maestoso, Tema – Andante moderato, Variazione: Terzine, Minore, Maggiore, Rondò – Allegretto, Trio, Maggiore
• Sonata No. 4 in E major: Allegro vivace, Minuetto a Valtz – Allegro vivo, Trio
• Sonata No. 5 in A major: Introduzione – Andante, Corrente, Andante – Cantabile, Rondò – Allegro vivo, Trio
• Sonata No. 6 in C major: Allegro – Presto, Rondò a Balletto – Allegro vivissimo, Trio

6 Duets, M.S. 110 [Nos. 3 – 6 originally published as 'Quattro Sonatine' (Sonatine Nos 1 – 4 respectively)]:

• Duet No. 1 in E minor: Amoroso espressivo, Andantino scherzando
• Duet No. 2 in A major: Cantabile, con anima, Rondò brillante
• Duet No. 3 in A minor: Romance – Larghetto amabile, Polonese – Mosso
• Duet No. 4 in F major: Placidamente, con grazia, Andantino trescando
• Duet No. 5 in D minor: Andante sostenuto, con aspirazione, Allegretto spiritoso, con energia
• Duet No. 6 in G major: Cantabile pacificamente, Rondò – Quasi allegro, placidamente

Duetto amoroso in C major, M.S. 111

• Principio – Allegretto, Preghiera – Andante, Acconsentito – Allegretto, Timidezza – Allegro, Contentezza – Andantino, Lite – Allegro assai, Pace – Comodo, Segnali d’Amore – Allegretto, Notizia della partenza, Distacco – Allegretto

Entrata d'Adone nella reggia di Venere (Entrance of Adonis in the Royal Palace of Venus), M.S. 8

• Sostenuto, Andantino

6 (‘Lucca’) Sonatas, M.S. 9 (Opera I):

• Sonata No. 1 in C major: Amoroso, Andantino
• Sonata No. 2 in G major: Larghetto, ‘legato e senza cantino’, Allegretto
• Sonata No. 3 in D major: Andante, Allegro
• Sonata No. 4 in C major: Introduzione, Andantino
• Sonata No. 5 in A major: Quasi adagio, Polonese – Andantino
• Sonata No. 6 in E major: Maestoso, Valzer, Minore

6 (‘Lucca’) Sonatas, M.S. 10 (Opera II):

• Sonata No. 1 in A major: Larghetto, Allegretto Perigoldino con due variazione
• Sonata No. 2 in C major: Introduzione, Andante, Minore
• Sonata No. 3 in F major: Cantabile appassionatamente, Andantino scherzando
• Sonata No. 4 in A minor: Quasi adagio amorosamente, Allegro
• Sonata No. 5 in E minor: Introduzione – Adagio assai, Allegretto, Minore
• Sonata No. 6 in E minor: Adagio, con sentimento, Andantino

6 (‘Lucca’) Sonatas, M.S. 11 (Opera IV):

• Sonata No. 1 in G major: Adagio amorosamente, Quasi allegretto
• Sonata No. 2 in C major: Adagio espressivo, Andantino innocentemente
• Sonata No. 3 in A minor: Adagio con zelo, Allegretto con moto, Minore
• Sonata No. 4 in C major: Adagio con grazia e trasporto, Andantino scherzando, Minore
• Sonata No. 5 in D major: Adagio con sentimento, Rondò alla Turca – Andantemente
• Sonata No. 6 in A minor: Adagio appassionatissimamente, Allegretto con piacere, Minore

6 (‘Lucca’) Sonatas, M.S. 12 (Opera V):

• Sonata No. 1 in E minor: Adagio con passione, Andante smorfiosamente
• Sonata No. 2 in C major: Adagio con amore, Andante con semplicità
• Sonata No. 3 in A minor: Adagio con anima, Andantino galante, Maggiore
• Sonata No. 4 in D minor: Adagio con sentimento, Corrente con motteggio, Maggiore
• Sonata No. 5 in A major: Adagio con grazia, Allegro con brio, Minore
• Sonata No. 6 in G major: Adagio con trasporto, Polonese brillante

6 (‘Lucca’) Sonatas, M.S. 13 (Opera VI):

• Sonata No. 1 in G major: Adagio seducentemente, Andantino con grazia
• Sonata No. 2 in C major: Adagio maestoso, Allegretto con energia
• Sonata No. 3 in A minor: Adagio con espressione, Rondò alla Napoletana –Andante, Maggiore
• Sonata No. 4 in F major: Adagio amorosamente, Allegro con gentilezza, Minore
• Sonata No. 5 in D major: Adagio con trasporto, Rondò Andante alla Frassinet
• Sonata No. 6 in E major: Adagio con afflizione, Valtz galante, Minore

6 (‘Lucca’) Sonatas, M.S. 133:

• Sonata No. 1: Amoroso, Andantino
• Sonata No. 2: Larghetto compassionevolmente, Allegretto scherzando
• Sonata No. 3: Lento e con grazia, Andantino brilliante
• Sonata No. 4: Quasi Andante con sentimento, Allegro
• Sonata No. 5: Con anima e trasporto, Andantino con brio
• Sonata No. 6: Quasi Larghetto e con enfasi, Andantino motteggiando

6 (‘Lucca’) Sonatas, M.S. 134:

• Sonata No. 1: Allegro, Adagio con espressione, Allegro con brio
• Sonata No. 2: Introduzione: Largo – Andante con grazia, Andantino scherzando – Variazione I – Minore – Variazione II
• Sonata No. 3: Larghetto sentimentalmente, Polonese, Andantino brilliante
• Sonata No. 4: Adagio, non tanto, Grazioso, Allegretto
• Sonata No. 5: Adagio affettuoso, Andantino corrente – Variazione I – Minore – Variazione II
• Sonata No. 6: Adagio con amore, Polonese, Allegro con energia

6 Sonatas, M.S. 26 (Op. 2):

• Sonata No. 1 in A major: Minuetto – Adagio, Polonese – Quasi allegro
• Sonata No. 2 in C major: Larghetto espressivo, Allegro spiritoso
• Sonata No. 3 in D minor: Adagio – Maestoso, Andantino – Galantemente
• Sonata No. 4 in A major: La Sinagoga – Andante calcando, Andantino con brio
• Sonata No. 5 in D major: Andante – Moderato imposatamente, Allegro spiritoso
• Sonata No. 6 in A minor: Largo, con precisione, Tempo di Valtz

6 Sonatas, M.S. 27 (Op. 3):

• Sonata No. 1 in A major: Larghetto, Presto, Variato, Variazione
• Sonata No. 2 in G major: Adagio, Andantino scherzoso, Minore
• Sonata No. 3 in D major: Andante sostenuto, Rondò – Molto allegro
• Sonata No. 4 in A minor: Andante – Largo, Allegretto – Motteggiando
• Sonata No. 5 in A major: Adagio amoroso, Allegretto – Energicamente, Minore
• Sonata No. 6 in E minor: Andante – Innocentemente, Allegro vivo e spiritoso, Minore

Sonata in A major, Op. posth

• Sostenuto assai, Andantino variato, Variazioni I–III, Finale

[N.b. In their Catalogo Tematico, Moretti and Sorrento have have not given this piece an M.S. number. Instead, the piece is listed as work No. 5 (Sonata in La maggiore) under the section ‘Opere dubbie’ (Dubious Works).]

 

Violin and Piano

Cantabile in D major, M.S. 109 (Op. 17)

 

Violin and Bassoon

3 Concertante duets for violin and bassoon, M.S. 130:

• Duet No. 1 in F major: Largo – Allegro moderato, Rondò – Allegretto vivo
• Duet No. 2 in C minor: Largo – Allegro moderato, Rondò – Allegretto moderato
• Duet No. 3 in D major: Allegro con brio poco scherzando – Tempesta, Petite Romance – Larghetto, Polacchina – Andantino con grazia

 

Guitar and Violin

Grand sonata in A major, M.S. 3

• Allegro risoluto, Romance – Più tosto Largo, Amorosamente, Andantino Variato, Scherzando, Variazioni I–VI

Sonata concertata in A major, M.S. 2

• Allegro spiritoso, Adagio – assai espressivo, Rondeau – Allegretto con brio, scherzando

 

Guitar Trios / Quartets

Quartet No. 1 in A minor for violin, viola, cello and guitar, M.S. 28 (Op. 4, No.1)

• Introduzione – Andante marcato, Vivace, Minuetto – Andantino, Trio, Tema con variazioni – Adagietto cantabile, Variazione I: Più mosso, Variazione II: Minore, Variazione III: Presto

Quartet No. 2 in C major for violin, viola, cello and guitar, M.S. 29 (Op. 4, No.2)

• Moderato, Minuetto – Andante, Trio, Larghetto, Rondò – Allegretto

Quartet No. 3 in A major for violin, viola, cello and guitar, M.S. 30 (Op. 4, No.3)

• Potpourri – Allegro, Minuetto alla Spagnola – Andantino, Trio, Romance – Adagio non tanto, Rondò – Allegretto, Minore

Quartet No. 4 in D major for violin, viola, cello and guitar, M.S. 31 (Op. 5, No.1)

• Presto, Canone a trè – Andante sotto voce e staccato, Trio, Tema cantabile – Quasi larghetto, Variazioni I–III, Finale – Prestissimo

Quartet No. 5 in C major for violin, viola, cello and guitar, M.S. 32 (Op. 5, No.2)

• Allegro, Minuetto – Allegretto, Trio, Cantabile – Larghetto, Polacca – Quasi presto

Quartet No. 6 in D minor for violin, viola, cello and guitar, M.S. 33 (Op. 5, No.3)

• Allegro, Canone a trè – Allegro moderato, Tema cantabile – Quasi adagio, Variazione I, Variazione II: Minore, Variazione III, Polacchetta – Allegro con brio

Quartet No. 7 in E major for violin, viola, cello and guitar, M.S. 34

• Allegro moderato, Minuetto – Allegretto, Trio I, Trio II, Trio III, Adagio cantabile – Sostenuto con passione, Rondò vivace

Quartet No. 8 in A major for violin, viola, cello and guitar, M.S. 35

• Allegro, Minuetto – Andantino, Trio, Cantabile molto adagio, Rondò – Allegretto, Trio

Quartet No. 9 in D major for violin, viola, cello and guitar, M.S. 36

• Allegro moderato, Minuetto, Alla Valtz – Allegretto mosso, Trio, Adagio – Sostenuto, appassionatamente, Finale – Allegro vivace

Quartet No. 10 in F major for violin, viola, cello and guitar, M.S. 37

• Allegro, Minuetto Scherzo – Allegretto mosso, Trio, Adagio cantabile, Rondò – Andantino con brio, Trio

Quartet No. 11 in B major for violin, viola, cello and guitar, M.S. 38

• Allegro moderato, Minuetto – Allegretto, Trio, Larghetto con passione, Polacca – Andantino mosso

Quartet No. 12 in A minor for violin, viola, cello and guitar, M.S. 39

• Allegro giusto, Adagio tenuto – Con precisione, Minuetto – Allegretto mosso

Quartet No. 13 in F major for violin, viola, cello and guitar, M.S. 40

• Allegro con brio, Minuetto – Allegretto, Trio, Larghetto, tenuto con anima, Finale – Prestissimo

Quartet No. 14 in A major for violin, viola, cello and guitar, M.S. 41

• Allegro maestoso, Con espressione e un poco ad libitum, Minuetto Scherzo – Allegretto, Trio, Largo con sentimento, Finale – Allegro vivace

Quartet No. 15 in A minor for violin, viola, cello and guitar, M.S. 42

• Maestoso, Minuetto a Canone – Andantino, Trio, Recitativo – Andante sostenuto, con sentimento, Adagio cantabile, Rondò – Allegretto

Serenata in F major for two violins and guitar, M.S. 115

• Introduzione – Largo, Minuetto – Amoroso, Andantino – Scherzando, Minore, Finale

Serenata in C major for viola, cello and guitar, M.S. 17

• Allegro spiritoso, Minuetto – Andantino, Amorosamente, Adagio non tanto – Unione e con anima, Rondò – Con maestria e grazia (Canzonetta Genovese), Polacca al Terzetto (Andantino)

Terzetto in A minor for two violins and guitar, M.S. 116

• Andante sostenuto, Tempo di Minuetto, Andantino, Allegro

Terzetto in D major for violin, cello and guitar, M.S. 69

• Allegro con brio, Minuetto – Allegro vivace, Trio, Andante – Larghetto, Rondò – Allegretto, Trio

Terzetto concertante in D major for viola, cello and guitar, M.S. 114

• Allegro, Minuetto – Allegretto vivo, Trio, Adagio – Cantabile con cavata, Valtz a Rondò – Allegretto con energia, Trio

 

Solo Strings

Divertimenti Carnevaleschi for two violins and cello, M.S. 4:

Minuetto: E flat major

6 Alessandrine con trio e minore:

• No. 1 in E flat major
• No. 2 in A major
• No. 3 in D major
• No. 4 in C major
• No. 5 in G flat
• No. 6 in E flat major

2 Perigordino:

• No. 1 (con 2 variazioni) in G flat major
• No. 2 in A major

4 Valzer:

• No. 1 (con Trio) in G flat major
• No. 2 (con Minore) in A major
• No. 3 (con Trio) in C major
• No. 4 (con Minore) in A major

Scozzese: F major

6 Inglesi:

• No. 1 in C major
• No. 2 in C major
• No. 3 in A major
• No. 4 in F major
• No. 5 in F major
• No. 6 (con 3 variazioni) in C major

3 Concertante duets for violin and cello, M.S. 107:

• Duet No. 1 in E flat major: Allegro, Rondò – Allegretto
• Duet No. 2 in G minor: Allegro, Rondò – Presto
• Duet No. 3 in A major: Allegro, Polonese – Andantino con brio

In cuor più non mi sento in A major for violin with the accomp. of violin and cello, M.S. 117

• Introduzione – Andante sostenuto, Tema – Amoroso, Variazioni I–VIII

4 Nocturnes for two violins, viola and cello, M.S. 15:

• Nocturne No. 1 in E major: Adagio, minore, Allegretto
• Nocturne No. 2 in D minor: Adagio, minore, Polonese – Andante, minore
• Nocturne No. 3 in D major: Cantabile – Andante, Andantino – Tempo di Valzer, Trio
• Nocturne No. 4 in E minor: Largo, Andante sostenuto, Andante brillante

3 Quartets for two violins, viola and cello, M.S. 20:

• Quartet No. 1 in D minor: Allegro maestoso, Minuetto – Allegretto, Trio, Adagio – Con Anima, Rondeau – Allegretto con brio
• Quartet No. 2 in E flat major: Moderato, Minuetto – Allegretto, Trio, Adagio – Con trasporto, Finale – Prestissimo

• Quartet No. 3 in A minor: Largo, Allegro, Minuetto – Andantino, Trio, Andante con Variazioni, Variazione I, Variazione II: Risoluto, Variazione III, Variazione IV, Finale – Presto

 

 

Compositions listed by M.S. catalogue number

M.S. 1, Carmagnola variations (Carmagnola con variazioni): 14 Variations on the French Hymn Carmagnola, in A major [violin and guitar]

M.S. 2, Sonata concertata in A major [guitar and violin]

M.S. 3, Grand sonata in A major [guitar with the accomp. of violin]

M.S. 4, Divertimenti Carnevaleschi [two violins and cello]

M.S. 5, Napoleon: Sonata with variations for the fourth string, in E flat major [violin and orchestra]

M.S. 6, Sonata for solo violin in C major (aka. Duo Merveille, Merveille de Paganini)  [solo violin]

M.S. 8, Entrata d'Adone nella reggia di Venere (Entrance of Adonis in the Royal Palace of Venus) [violin and guitar]

M.S. 9, 6 (‘Lucca’) Sonatas, Opera I [violin and guitar]

M.S. 10, 6 (‘Lucca’) Sonatas, Opera II [violin and guitar]

M.S. 11, 6 (‘Lucca’) Sonatas, Opera IV [violin and guitar]

M.S. 12, 6 (‘Lucca’) Sonatas, Opera V [violin and guitar]

M.S. 13, 6 (‘Lucca’) Sonatas, Opera VI [violin and guitar]

M.S. 14, Serenata per Rovene in E minor [mandolin and guitar]

M.S. 15, 4 Nocturnes [two violins, viola and cello]

M.S. 16, Serenata in G major [mandolin and guitar]

M.S. 17, Serenata in C major [viola, cello and guitar]

M.S. 18, Polacca with variations (Polacca con variazioni) in A major [violin and orchestra]

M.S. 19, Le Streghe: Variations on a theme from the ballet Il noce di Benevento by Franz Xaver Süssmayr, in D major, Op. 8 [violin and orchestra]

M.S. 20, 3 String quartets [two violins, viola and cello]

M.S. 21, Concerto No. 1 in D major, Op. 6 [violin and orchestra]

M.S. 22, Non più mesta: Variations on the rondo Non più mesta accanto al fuoco from the opera La Cenerentola by Giacomo Rossini, in E flat major Op. 12 [violin and orchestra]

M.S. 23, Sonata a Preghiera (aka. Moses Fantasy): Variations for the fourth string on the theme Dal tuo stellato soglio from the opera Mosè by Giacomo Rossini, in F minor [violin and orchestra]

M.S. 25, 24 Caprices,  Op. 1 [solo violin]

M.S. 26, 6 Sonatas, Op. 2 [violin and guitar]

M.S. 27, 6 Sonatas, Op. 3 [violin and guitar]

M.S. 28, Guitar quartet No. 1 in A minor (Op. 4, No.1) [violin, viola, cello and guitar]

M.S. 29, Guitar quartet No. 2 in C major (Op. 4, No.2) [violin, viola, cello and guitar]

M.S. 30, Guitar quartet No. 3 in A major (Op. 4, No.3) [violin, viola, cello and guitar]

M.S. 31, Guitar quartet No. 4 in D major (Op. 5, No.1) [violin, viola, cello and guitar]

M.S. 32, Guitar quartet No. 5 in C major (Op. 5, No.2) [violin, viola, cello and guitar]

M.S. 33, Guitar quartet No. 6 in D minor  (Op. 5, No.3) [violin, viola, cello and guitar]

M.S. 34, Guitar quartet No. 7 in E major [violin, viola, cello and guitar]

M.S. 35, Guitar quartet No. 8 in A major [violin, viola, cello and guitar]

M.S. 36, Guitar quartet No. 9 in D major [violin, viola, cello and guitar]

M.S. 37, Guitar quartet No. 10 in F major [violin, viola, cello and guitar]

M.S. 38, Guitar quartet No. 11 in B major [violin, viola, cello and guitar]

M.S. 39, Guitar quartet No. 12 in A minor [violin, viola, cello and guitar]

M.S. 40, Guitar quartet No. 13 in F major [violin, viola, cello and guitar]

M.S. 41, Guitar quartet No. 14 in A major [violin, viola, cello and guitar]

M.S. 42, Guitar quartet No. 15 in A minor [violin, viola, cello and guitar]

M.S. 43, 43 Ghiribizzi [solo guitar]

M.S. 44, Nel cor piu non mi sento: Introduction and variations on the aria Nel cor piu non mi sento from the opera La bella molinara by Giovanni Paisiello, in G major [solo violin]

M.S. 45, Cantabile and waltz (Cantabile e Valtz) in E major, Op. 19 [violin and guitar]

M.S. 47, Sonata with variations (Sonata con variazioni) on the theme Pria ch'io l'impegno from the opera L'amor marinaro by Joseph Weigl, in E major [violin and orchestra]

M.S. 48, Concerto No. 2 in B minor, Op. 7 [violin and orchestra]

M.S. 49, Adagio [violin and orchestra]

M.S. 50, Concerto No. 3 in E major [violin and orchestra]

M.S. 51, Maestosa Sonata Sentimentale: Variations for the fourth string on the theme Gott erhalte Franz den Kaiser (Austrian national anthem) by F. J. Haydn [violin and orchestra]

M.S. 56, God Save the King: Variations on the English national anthem,  Op. 9 [violin and orchestra]

M.S. 57, Sonata Varsavia: Variations on a mazurka by J. Elsner [violin and orchestra]

M.S. 59, The Carnival of Venice (Il Carnevale di Venezia): Variations on the Neapolitan song O mamma, mamma cara, in A major, Op. 10 [violin and orchestra]

M.S. 60, Concerto No. 4 in D minor [violin and orchestra]

M.S. 65, Piece for horn, bassoon and orchestra in E major [horn, bassoon and orchestra]

M.S. 66, Sonata movimento perpetuo, Version ‘A’ [violin and orchestra]

M.S. 66, Sonata movimento perpetuo, Version ‘B’ [violin and orchestra]

M.S. 67, The Couvent of the Mount Saint Bernard (Le Couvent du Mont Saint Bernard) [violin, wordless chorus and orchestra]

M.S. 68, Caprice d'Adieu (Farewell Caprice) [solo violin]

M.S. 69, Terzetto in D major [violin, cello and guitar]

M.S. 70, Sonata for large viola (Sonata per la Grand Viola) in C minor [viola and orchestra]

M.S. 71, Barucaba variations (Variazioni sul Barucabà): 60 Variations on the Genoese folksong Barucabà, Op. 14 [violin and guitar]

M.S. 72, Moto Perpetuo (Allegro vivace a movimento perpetuo) in C major, Op. 11 [violin and orchestra]

M.S. 73, La Primavera: Sonata with variations, in A major [violin and orchestra]

M.S. 74, Balletto Campestre: Variations on a comic theme [violin and orchestra]

M.S. 75, Concerto in E minor, No. '6’ or No. '0' [violin and orchestra]

M.S. 76, Tarantella in A minor [violin and orchestra]

M.S. 77, I Palpiti: Variations on the theme Di tanti palpiti from the opera Tancredi by Giacomo Rossini, in A major,  Op. 13 [violin and orchestra]

M.S. 78, Concerto No. 5 in A minor [violin and orchestra]

M.S. 79, Marie Luisa: Sonata with variations for the fourth string, in E major [violin and orchestra]

M.S. 80, Waltz

M.S. 81, Patriotic hymn (Inno patriottico) in A major [solo violin]

M.S. 82, Theme and variations (Tema variato) in A major [solo violin]

M.S. 83, Sonata for solo violin [solo violin]

M.S. 84, 37 Sonatas [solo guitar]

M.S. 85, 5 Sonatine [solo guitar]

M.S. 86, Allegretto in A major [solo guitar]

M.S. 87, Sonata in E major [solo guitar]

M.S. 88, Andantino in G major [solo guitar]

M.S. 89, Andantino in C major [solo guitar]

M.S. 90, Allegretto in A major [solo guitar]

M.S. 91, Allegretto in A minor [solo guitar]

M.S. 92, Valtz in C major [solo guitar]

M.S. 94, Rondoncino in E major [solo guitar]

M.S. 96, Valtz in E major [solo guitar]

M.S. 97, Andantino in C major [solo guitar]

M.S. 98, Sinfonia della Lodovisia in D major [solo guitar]

M.S. 99, Andantino in G major [solo guitar]

M.S. 100, Valtz in C major [solo guitar]

M.S. 101, Trio in F major [solo guitar]

M.S. 102, Andantino in F minor [solo guitar]

M.S. 103, Marcia in A major [solo guitar]

M.S. 104, Sonata in A major [solo guitar]

M.S. 105, Marziale (con Trio) in E major [solo guitar]

M.S. 106, Minuet in E major [solo mandolin]

M.S. 107, 3 Concertante duets [violin and cello]

M.S. 109, Cantabile in D major (Op. 17) [violin and piano]

M.S. 110, 6 Duets [violin and guitar]

M.S. 111, Duetto amoroso in C major [violin and guitar]

M.S. 112, 18 Centone di sonate [violin and guitar]

M.S. 114, Terzetto concertante in D major [viola, cello and guitar]

M.S. 115, Serenata in F major [two violins and guitar]

M.S. 116, Terzetto in A minor [two violins and guitar]

M.S. 117, In cuor più non mi sento in A major [violin with the accomp. of violin and cello]

M.S. 130, 3 Concertante duets [violin and bassoon]

M.S. 133, 6 (‘Lucca’) Sonatas [violin and guitar]

M.S. 134, 6 (‘Lucca’) Sonatas  [violin and guitar]

 

Compositions lacking an M.S. number

Bravura variations on an original theme [violin and guitar]

Sonata in A major, Op. posth [violin and guitar] (see note)

 

 

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