Project 366 - Listener Guide #79




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Summary: "Themes & Variations - Paganini Edition" 'Theme and variation' structure generally begins with a theme followed by variations on that theme - each variation, particularly in music of the eighteenth century and earlier, will be of the same length and structure as the theme. This form may in part have derived from the practical inventiveness of musicians, and our first selection - Paganini's 24th caprice for solo violin - is an excellent example of the genre. Details at our archive page @ https://archive.org/details/pcast137