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Johann Pachelbel

            1653 — 1706

            Composer, Organist — Nuremberg

 

     Wikipedia Bio

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A friend of the Bach family and a teacher of Johann Christoph Bach who subsequently taught J. S. Bach.  The famous Canon was published originally as a Canon and Gigue for three violins and basso continuo.

 

 

 

 

 

Nicolò Paganini

            1782 — 1840

            Violinist, Violist, Guitarist, Composer

 

    Wikipedia Bio

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Paganini studied violin with Costa, Antonio Cervetto, and possibly Rolla.  Paganini was further influenced by hearing Duranowski play, and by studying Locatelli's L'arte del violino.  Paganini's only known student is Sivori.

 

Paganini commissioned Harold in Italy from Berlioz, part of a general tendency to be financially generous.

 

Music for Strings:

Composer

Music

Scoring

Dates

Paganini

3 Duetti

bsn vn

1800 by

Paganini

3 Ritornelli

2vn vc

1800 by

Paganini

3 Duetti

vn vc

1802

Paganini

Sonata a violino scordato

vn w/ vn

1802

Paganini

Grande Sonata

vn gtr

1803

Paganini

24 Caprices, Op. 1

vn

1805

Paganini

6 Sonatas for Violin and Guitar, Op. 2

vn gtr

1805

Paganini

6 Sonatas for Violin and Guitar, Op. 3

vn gtr

1805

Paganini

3 Guitar Quartets, Op. 4

vn va gtr vc

1806

Paganini

3 Guitar Quartets, Op. 5

vn va gtr vc

1806

Paganini

Napoleon Sonata

vn w/ orch

1807

Paganini

Due merveille

vn

1808

Paganini

Serenata

va vc gtr

1808

Paganini

Polacca con variazioni

vn w/ orch

1810

Paganini

Sonata 'Maria Luisa'

vn w/ orch

1813

Paganini

La Streghe, Op. 8

vn w/ orch

1813

Paganini

Concerto in e

vn w/ orch

1815

Paganini

3 String Quartets

string quartets

1815

Paganini

Violin Concerto #1 in Eb, Op. 6

vn w/ orch

1816

Paganini

9 Guitar Quartets

vn va gtr vc

1818

Paganini

Variations on Non piu mesta, Op. 12

vn w/ orch

1819

Paganini

I palpiti, Variations, Op. 13

vn w/ orch

1819

Paganini

Variations on Dal tuo stellato soglio

vn w/ orch

1819 ca

Paganini

Cantabile

vn pf

1824

Paganini

Nel cor piu non mi sento

vn

1821

Paganini

Sonata Militare, Variations on Mozart  (violin part lost)

vn w/ orch

1825

Paganini

Violin Concerto #2 in b, Op. 7  ( La Campanella )

vn w/ orch

1826

Paganini

Violin Concerto #3 in E

vn w/ orch

1826

Paganini

Capriccio on a theme from Le nozze de Figaro  (lost)

vn w/ orch

1828

Paganini

La tempesta

vn w/ orch

1828

Paganini

Maestisa suonata sentimentale

vn w/ orch

1828

Paganini

Suonata con variazioni

vn w/ orch

1828

Paganini

Le couvent du Mont Saint Bernard

vn w/ orch and voice

1828

Paganini

Tema napolitano

vn pf

1829

Paganini

Variations on God Save the King, Op. 9

vn w/ orch

1829

Paganini

Variations on O mamma, mamma cara, Op. 10

vn w/ orch

1829

Paganini

Sonata Varasavia

vn w/ orch

1829

Paganini

Sonata appasionata  (violin part lost)

vn w/ orch

1829

Paganini

Sonata a violino principale

vn w/ vn vc

1830 ca

Paganini

Violin Concerto #4 in d

vn w/ orch

1830

Paganini

Violin Concerto #5 in a

vn w/ orch

1830

Paganini

Sonata amorosa galante (violin part lost)

vn w/ orch

1831

Paganini

Rondò

vn pf

1831

Paganini

Les charmes de Padoue

vn pf

1831

Paganini

Caprice d'adieux

vn pf

1831

Paganini

Potpourri (violin part lost)

vn w/ orch

1831

Paganini

St. Patrick's Day Variations (violin part lost)

vn w/ orch

1831

Paganini

Sonatina e polacchetta

vn w/ orch

1831

Paganini

Motto Perpetuo

vn w/ orch

1832

Paganini

Terzetto concertante

va gtr vc

1833

Paganini

Sonata per la grand viola

va w/ orch

1834

Paganini

Allegro vivace a movemento perpetuo, Op. 11

vn w/ orch

1835

Paganini

Balletto campestre

vn w/ orch

1838

 

 

Writings About Paganini:

            Guhr: Ueber Paganinis Kunst die Violone zu spielen

 

 

 

 

 

Siegfried Palm

            1925 — 2005

            Cellist

 

 

A champion of contemporary cello music, Siegfried Palm first studied with his father, a student of Julius Klengel.  Many composers, including Penderecki, Xenakis, and Ligeti, wrote works specifically for Palm.

 

 

 

 

 

Arvo Pärt

            Born 1935

            Composer

 

    Wikipedia Bio

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Music for Strings:

Composer

Music

Scoring

Dates

Pärt

Pro et contra, Concerto

vc w/ orch

1966

Pärt

Tabula Rasa, Double Concerto

vn vn/va w/ strings and prepared pf

1977

Pärt

Fratres

string quartet and db fl ob clr hrn bsn perc pf

1977

Pärt

Fratres

vn pf

1980

Pärt

Fratres

12vc

1983

Pärt

Fratres

string quartet

1985

Pärt

Summa

vn 2va vc

1990

Pärt

Summa

string quartet

1991

Pärt

Spiegl et Spiegl

va pf

1991

Pärt

Spiegl et Spiegl

vc pf

1991

Pärt

Psalom

string quartet

1991

Pärt

Fratres

vn w/ strings perc

1992

 

 

 

 

 

Dominique Peccatte

            1810 — 1874

            Bow maker

 

 

Peccatte worked for Vuillaume until 1837.  The successor to Tourte, Peccatte made rounded sticks but with accented egg shape for lateral strength.

 

 

 

 

 

Krzysztof Penderecki

            born 1933

            Composer

 

   Wikipedia Bio

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Music for Strings:

Composer

Music

Scoring

Dates

Penderecki

Sonata

vn pf

1953

Penderecki

3 Minituary

vn pf

1959

Penderecki

Concerto Breve

vc w/ orch

1959

Penderecki

Quartet #1

string quartet

1960

Penderecki

Violin Concerto (withdrawn)

vn w/ orch

1963

Penderecki

Sonata

vc w/ orch

1964

Penderecki

Capriccio

vn w/ orch

1967

Penderecki

Concerto per violino grande (became Cello Con. #1)

violone w/ orch

1967