Niccolò Paganini - Works Inspired By Paganini

Works Inspired By Paganini

Notable works inspired by compositions of Paganini include:

• Mike Campese – "Paganini", arrangement of Caprice No. 16 and various works.
• Alfredo Casella – Paganiniana, arrangement of four caprices
• Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco – Capriccio Diabolico for classical guitar is a homage to Paganini, and quotes "La campanella"
• Frédéric Chopin – Souvenir de Paganini for solo piano (1829; published posthumously)
• Jason Becker – Caprice No. 5
• Johann Nepomuk Hummel – Fantasia for piano in C major "Souvenir de Paganini", WoO 8, S. 190.
• Fritz Kreisler – Paganini Concerto in D major (recomposed paraphrase of the first movement of the Op. 6 Concerto) for violin and orchestra
• Franz Lehár – Paganini, a fictionalized operetta about Paganini (1925)
• Franz Liszt – Six Grandes Études de Paganini, S.141 for solo piano (1851) (virtuoso arrangements of 5 caprices, including the 24th, and La Campanella from Violin Concerto No. 2)
• George Rochberg – Caprice Variations (1970), 50 variations for solo violin
• Ulrich Roth – "Scherzo Alla Paganini" and "Paganini Paraphrase"
• Robert Schumann – Studies after Caprices by Paganini, Op. 3 (1832; piano); 6 Concert Studies on Caprices by Paganini, Op. 10 (1833, piano). A movement from his piano work Carnaval (Op. 9) is named for Paganini.
• Marilyn Shrude – Renewing the Myth for alto saxophone and piano
• Steve Vai – "Eugene's Trick Bag" from the movie Crossroads. Based on Caprice Nr. 5
• Philip Wilby – Paganini Variations, for both wind band and brass band
• Eugène Ysaÿe – Paganini variations for violin and piano

The Caprice No. 24 in A minor, Op. 1, (Tema con variazioni) has been the basis of works by many other composers. The most notable examples include Brahms's Variations on a Theme of Paganini and Rachmaninoff's Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini.