List of works by Niccolò Paganini

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The table below gives the following informaton for works by Niccolò Paganini (where applicable):

MS — numbering from the numbering from Moretti & Sorrento's catalog, Catalogo Tematico delle musiche di Niccolò Paganini, Maria Rosa Moretti and Anna Sorrento, Comune di Genova, (1982).
Op. — opus numbers.
Title — as used on IMSLP; these are usually translated into English.
Instrumentation — the instrumentation used.
Key — the principal key of the work.
Date — the year(s) of composition or arrangement, where known.
Genre — works are grouped in the following broad categories: Violin with Accompanist, Violin Solo, Orchestral, Chamber, Keyboard.

Works

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MS	Op.	Title	Instrument	Key	Date	Genre	Info / Notes
1		Carmagnola con variazioni (Carmagnola variations)	Violin / Guitar	A	1795c	Violin and Guitar	14 Variations on the French Hymn "Carmagnole"
2	61	Sonata concertata	Guitar / Violin	A	1803	Guitar and Violin
3		Grande Sonata	Guitar / Violin	A	1803–04	Guitar and Violin
4		Divertimenti Carnevaleschi	String Trio	for 2 violins and cello	1804	Strings
5		Sonata Napoleone	Orch. / Violin	Eb	1805–09	Violin and Orchestra
6		Duo Merveille (Sonata for solo violin)	Violin	C	1805–09	Solo Violin	(aka. Duet for solo violin, Merveille de Paganini)
7		3 "Lucca" Sonatas (Opera III) ??		n.a.	1805–09
8		Entrata d'Adone nella reggia di Venere	Violin / Guitar		1805–09	Violin and Guitar	Entrance of Adonis in the Royal Palace of Venus
9		6 "Lucca" Sonatas (Opera I)	Violin / Guitar	n.a.	1805–09c	Violin and Guitar
10		6 "Lucca" Sonatas (Opera II)	Violin / Guitar	n.a.	1805–09c	Violin and Guitar
11		6 "Lucca" Sonatas (Opera IV)	Violin / Guitar	n.a.	1805–09c	Violin and Guitar
12		6 "Lucca" Sonatas (Opera V)	Violin / Guitar	n.a.	1805–09c	Violin and Guitar
13		6 "Lucca" Sonatas (Opera VI	Violin / Guitar	n.a.	1805–09c	Violin and Guitar
14		Serenata per Rovene	Mandolin / Guitar	Em	1805–06c	Mandolin	also for Violin & Guitar
15		4 Notturni un Quartetto	Violin / Piano	n.a.	1805–08c	Strings
16		Serenata	Mandolin / Guitar	Gm	1805–06c	Mandolin
17		Serenata	Guitar & Strings Trio	C	1808	Guitar Trio	for viola, cello & Guitar
18		Polacca con variazioni	Orch. / Violin	A	1810 (ant.)	Violin and Orchestra	Polacca with variations
19	8	Le Streghe	Orch. / Violin	D	1813	Violin and Orchestra	Variations on a theme from the ballet Il noce di Benevento, Franz Xaver Süssmayr
20		3 String Quartets	String Quartet	n.a.	1815c	Strings
21	6	Violin Concerto No.1	Orch. / Violin	D	1816	Concerto	Eb, but usually transposed to D
22	12	Non piu mesta accanto al fuco (Introduzione e variazioni su)	Orch. / Violin	Eb	1819	Violin and Orchestra	Introduction and Variations on a Theme from La Cenerentola, Rossini
23		Sonata "a Preghiera" (aka. Moses Fantasy)	Orch. / Violin	Fm	1818–19	Violin and Orchestra	Variations for the fourth string on the theme "Dal tuo stellato soglio" from Mosè in Egitto, Rossini
24		Pot-Pourri	Incomplete Work, Solo violin score missing Orch. / Violin		1819*		*1831
25	1	24 Caprices for Solo Violin	Violin	n.a.	1818 (ant.)	Solo Violin	in the form of études
26	2	6 Sonatas	Violin / Guitar	n.a.	1805–09	Violin and Guitar
27	3	6 Sonatas	Violin / Guitar	n.a.	1805–09	Violin and Guitar
28	4.1	Quartet No. 01	Guitar & Strings Trio	Am	1806–16*	Guitar Quartet	for violin, viola, cello and guitar / *1813–15c, 1806–16
29	4.2	Quartet No. 02	Guitar & Strings Trio	C	1806–16*	Guitar Quartet	for violin, viola, cello and guitar / *1813–15c, 1806–16
30	4.3	Quartet No. 03	Guitar & Strings Trio	A	1806–16*	Guitar Quartet	for violin, viola, cello and guitar / *1813–15c, 1806–16
31	5.1	Quartet No. 04	Guitar & Strings Trio	D	1806–16*	Guitar Quartet	for violin, viola, cello and guitar / *1813–15c, 1806–16
32	5.2	Quartet No. 05	Guitar & Strings Trio	C	1806–16*	Guitar Quartet	for violin, viola, cello and guitar / *1813–15c, 1806–16
33	5.3	Quartet No. 06	Guitar & Strings Trio	Dm	1806–16*	Guitar Quartet	for violin, viola, cello and guitar / *1813–15c, 1806–16
34		Quartet No. 07	Guitar & Strings Trio	E	1817–18	Guitar Quartet	for violin, viola, cello and guitar
35		Quartet No. 08	Guitar & Strings Trio	A	1817–18	Guitar Quartet	for violin, viola, cello and guitar
36		Quartet No. 09	Guitar & Strings Trio	D	1818	Guitar Quartet	for violin, viola, cello and guitar
37		Quartet No. 10	Guitar & Strings Trio	F	1818	Guitar Quartet	for violin, viola, cello and guitar
38		Quartet No.11	Guitar & Strings Trio	B	1819	Guitar Quartet	for violin, viola, cello and guitar
39		Quartet No.12	Guitar & Strings Trio	Am	1819	Guitar Quartet	for violin, viola, cello and guitar
40		Quartet No.13	Guitar & Strings Trio	F	1819	Guitar Quartet	for violin, viola, cello and guitar
41		Quartet No.14	Guitar & Strings Trio	A	1819	Guitar Quartet	for violin, viola, cello and guitar
42		Quartet No. 15	Guitar & Strings Trio	Am	1820	Guitar Quartet	for violin, viola, cello and guitar
43		43 Ghiribizzi (fantasy)	Guitar	n.a.	1820c	Solo Guitar	n.16 "Nel cor più non mi sento" (Violin solo Version, 1821) / n.17 "Le Streghe" / n.20 "Là ci darem la mano" (Don Giovanni)
44		Nel cor più non mi sento	Violin	G	1827	Solo Violin	Introduction and variations on "Nel cor più non mi sento" from La molinara (1788), Giovanni Paisiello
45	19	Cantabile e Valtz	Violin / Guitar	E	1823–24*	Violin and Guitar	*1823, 1824c
46		Sonata Militare ("Non piu andrai")	Orch. / Violin		1824		Variations for the fourth string on the theme "Non piu andrai" from The Marriage of Figaro, Mozart
47		Sonata con variazioni ("Pria ch'io l'impegno")	Orch. / Violin	E	1818*	Violin and Orchestra	Variations on the theme "Pria ch'io l'impegno" from L'amor marinaro, Joseph Weigl / *1818, 1828
48	7	Violin Concerto No.2	Orch. / Violin	Bm	1826	Concerto	3rd Movement (Rondo) aka. "La Campanella", "The little bell", "Rondo a la clochette"
49		Adagio ??	Orch. / Violin	Bm/Eb		Violin and Orchestra	Alternative Adagio for Concerto No. 2
50		Violin Concerto No.3	Orch. / Violin	E	1826	Concerto
51		Maestosa Sonata Sentimentale	Orch. / Violin		1828	Violin and Orchestra	Variations for the fourth string on the theme "Gott erhalte Franz den Kaiser" (Austrian national anthem) by Joseph Haydn
52		La Tempesta (La Grande Sonata drammatica)	Orch. / Violin		1828		Dramatic Scene on the fourth string by J. Panny & Paganini
53		E pur amabile	Vocal / Piano		1828		Aria for Soprano
54		Cappriccio (aka. Preludio)	Violin	G	1828
55		Sonatina e Polacchetta (with variations)	Orch. / Violin	Bb	1831*		*1829, 1831
56	9	God Save the King	Orch. / Violin		1829	Violin and Orchestra	Variations on the English national anthem "God Save the King"
57		Sonata Varsavia	Orch. / Violin*		1829	Violin and Orchestra	Variations on a mazurka by Józef Elsner / *Violin Part Only, orchestra part lost
58		Sonata Appassionata	Orch. / Violin		1829*		*1829, ?1828
59	10	Il Carnevale di Venezia (The Carnival of Venice)	Orch. / Violin	A	1829	Violin and Orchestra	Variations on the Neapolitan song "O mamma, mamma cara"
60		Violin Concerto No.4	Orch. / Violin	Dm	1829–30	Concerto
61		Sonata amorosa Galante	Orch. / Violin		1830
62		Quel jour heureux (Patriotic Song)	Vocal / Chorus / Piano		1830		for solist, Men Choir & Piano, on a G. Harrys' text
63		Rondo	Violin / Cello	A	1831
64		St Patrick's Day	Orch. / Violin		1831		Variation on the Irish folktune
65		Concertino "Mr Henry"	Orch. / Misc.	E	1831c	with Orchestra	for horn, bassoon & orchestra / Dedicated to Mr. Henry
66		Perpetula (Sonata movimento perpetuo)	Orch. / Violin	C	1831–32	Violin and Orchestra	2 versions for this work (incomplete work) / version pour Piano & Orch (A, orr. Bb)
67		Le Couvent du Mont Saint Bernard (The Couvent of the Mount Saint Bernard)	Orch. / Misc.		1828–32	with Orchestra	for violin, wordless chorus and orchestra
68		Caprice d'adieu (Farewell Caprice)	Violin		1833c*	Solo Violin	Dedicated "A mon ami M. E. Eliason" / *?1831, 1833c
69		Terzetto	Guitar & Strings Duo	D	1833	Guitar Trio	for violin, cello & Guitar
70		Sonata per la Grand Viola (Sonata for large viola)	Orch. / Misc.	Cm	1834	with Orchestra	for viola and orchestra
71	14	Variazioni sul Barucabà (Barucaba variations)	Violin / Guitar		1835	Violin and Guitar	60 Variations on the Genoese folksong "Barucabà"
72	11	Moto Perpetuo (Perpetual Motion)	Orch. / Violin	C	1835	Violin and Orchestra	Allegro vivace a movimento perpetuo / nb : usually for Violin & Piano / Paganini also wrote a Guitar accompaniment
73		La Primavera, Sonata with variations	Orch. / Violin*	A	1838c	Violin and Orchestra	*Violin Part Only, Arr. acc. Piano M. Kergl (1952)
74		Balletto Campestre	Orch. / Violin		1838c	Violin and Orchestra	Variations on a comic theme
75		Violin Concerto No.6 (or 0)	Orch. / Violin / Guitar	Em	1815 (ant.)	Concerto	orchestrations by Federico Mompellio and Francesco Fiore
76		Tarantella for Violin and Orchestra	Orch. / Violin	Am	1819–26	Violin and Orchestra	Published first, in 1959, in an arrangement for vn./guitar
77	13	I Palpiti (Heartbeats)	Orch. / Violin	A	1819	Violin and Orchestra	Introduction & Variations on the theme "Di tanti palpiti" from Tancredi, Rossini
78		Violin Concerto No.5	Orch. / Violin	Am	1830	Concerto	Violin solo part only; reconstructed (on request) by Federico Mompellio (1908-1989)
79		Sonata "Maria Luisa"	Orch. / Violin	E	1810–1816*	Violin and Orchestra	Sonata with variations for the fourth string / Orch. Part lost / Guitar acc. Arr. version / *1810, 1813
80		Valtz	Violin			Solo Violin
81		Inno patriottico (Patriotic hymn)	Violin	A		Solo Violin	Allegro & 6 variations
82		Tema variato	Violin	A		Solo Violin	Theme and 7 variations
83		Sonata for solo violin	Violin	A		Solo Violin
84		37 Sonatas	Guitar	n.a.		Solo Guitar
85		5 Sonatine	Guitar	n.a.		Solo Guitar	6 sonatine
86		Allegretto	Guitar	A		Solo Guitar	from 12 pieces without number (c or d1)
87		Sonata	Guitar	E		Solo Guitar
88		Andantino	Guitar	G		Solo Guitar
89		Andantino	Guitar	C		Solo Guitar	from 12 pieces without number (b or f2)
90		Allegretto	Guitar	A		Solo Guitar	from 12 pieces without number (c or d1)
91		Allegretto	Guitar	Am		Solo Guitar
92		Valtz	Guitar	C		Solo Guitar	from 12 pieces without number (e1 or e2)
93		Untitled (Rondo)	Guitar	A
94		Rondoncino	Guitar	E		Solo Guitar
95		Allegretto	Guitar	C
96		Valtz	Guitar	E		Solo Guitar	from 12 pieces without number (f1)
97		Andantino	Guitar	C		Solo Guitar	from 12 pieces without number (b or f2)
98		Sinfonia della Lodovisia	Guitar	D	1800c	Solo Guitar
99		Andantino ??	Guitar	G		Solo Guitar
100		Valtz	Guitar	C		Solo Guitar	from 12 pieces without number (e1 or e2)
101		Trio ??	Guitar	F		Solo Guitar
102		Andantino ??	Guitar	Fm		Solo Guitar
103		Marcia (Una gran marcha)	Guitar	A		Solo Guitar	?? Marche en Mi Majeur
104		Minuetto "Che va chiamando Dida"	Guitar			Solo Guitar	aka. "Che va chiamando Dida et Perigordino"
105		Marziale (con Trio) ??	Guitar	E		Solo Guitar
106		Minuetto	Mandolin	E		Mandolin
107		3 Duetti (Concertante duets)	Violin / Cello	n.a.	1810-18c	Violin and Cello	No. 1 in E-flat major, No. 2 in G minor, No. 3 in A major / First ed. pub. 1995 by Robert Lienau Musikverlag
108		Sonata a violino e viola ??	Violin / Viola
109	17	Cantabile	Violin / Guitar	D	1822–24c	Violin and Guitar
110		6 Duetti	Violin / Guitar	n.a.		Violin and Guitar	Nos. 3 – 6 originally published as "Quattro Sonatine"
111		Duetto amoroso	Violin / Guitar	C	1807?	Violin and Guitar	1st edition based on the hitherto unpublished manuscript by Max Kergl (Ed. Schott 4377). Arranged for violin and piano by Georg von Albrecht
112	64	Centone di sonate, 18 Sonatas	Violin / Guitar	n.a.	1828 & after…	Violin and Guitar
113		3 ritornelli	String Trio	n.a.	1800 (before)		for 2 violin & Bass
114		Terzetto concertante	Guitar & Strings Duo	D	1833	Guitar Trio	for viola, cello & Guitar
115		Serenata	Guitar & Strings Duo	F		Guitar Trio	for 2 violins & Guitar
116		Terzetto	Guitar & Strings Duo	Am		Guitar Trio	for 2 violins & Guitar
117		Nel cuor più non mi sento	Violin / String Duo	A	1820c	Strings	for violin with the accomp. of violin and cello
118		Sonata a violino scordato	Violin / String Duo		1802c		for solo "detuned" violin & 2 violin
119		Sul margine d'un rio	Vocal / Piano				Aria for Soprano
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121		Canzonetta	Vocal / Guitar	C
122		Duetto	Violin / Guitar	G
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130		3 Duetti (Concertante duets)	Violin / Bassoon	n.a.	1800?	Violin and Bassoon	Heirs of C. Sivori private collection, Genoa / ed. I Vescovo & F.M. Noguera (Milan, 1997)
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133		6 "Lucca" Sonatas	Violin / Guitar	n.a.	1805–09c	Violin and Guitar
134		6 "Lucca" Sonatas	Violin / Guitar	n.a.	1805–09c	Violin and Guitar
		Sonata in A Major Op. posth	Violin / Guitar	AM		Violin and Guitar	(duboius work)
NN		3 Airs Variés	Violin / Piano	D major, A major, D major		Violin and Piano	3 Variations for the fourth string tuned to A

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