(1994) Niccolò Paganini: 24 Caprices, Op. 1 John Stanley as well as in the

as well as in the composer's private correspondence

Extraordinarily gifted with perfect pitch

the range of the soloist is f” to f””

Neither utilized a modern compositional system or founded a school of composition

Thus Bach used the Prelude of the Partita in E Major for Solo Violin (BWV 1006) as the ‘Sinfonia’ parts of two cantatas (BWV 29 and 120a) employing a relatively large orchestral body (three trumpets

(1994) Niccolò Paganini: 24 Caprices, Op. 1 John Stanley as well as in theRobert Schumann was one of the first to recognize Niccol Paganini not only as a demonic virtuoso but also as a poetic composer. After having heard Paganini in Frankfurt in 1830 he immediately set out to write a piano fantasy on a theme by the composer virtuoso the spell that Paganini had cast on Schumann would remain throughout his life. In his last years Schumann wrote a piano accompaniment to Paganinis masterpiece for solo violin, the 24 Caprices,