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Romantic violin concertos
Ten violin concertos, from Beethoven's of 1806 to Sibelius's of 1904.
Beethoven → Paganini → Mendelssohn → Wieniawski → Bruch → Lalo → Brahms → Tchaikovsky → Dvořák → Sibelius
Violin Concerto No. 1 in D major, Op. 6 / MS 21
This guide follows Paganini’s Violin Concerto No. 1 in D major, Op. 6 / MS 21 (1815) in three parts: Allegro maestoso (sonata form), Adagio espressivo and Rondo. Allegro spiritoso (rondo).
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- I
- II
- III.
A long , like an opera , sets out a -like , a Counter- and a gentler in the woodwinds before returning to first- material. The then takes the in a much more elaborate form, turns the into a vocal-style melody, and piles on runs, leaps, double stops in thirds and passages high on the E string. In the four sections and orchestra trade material. The skips the and starts with the , and a virtuoso elaboration, with room for a , leads to the .
- Orchestral (shortened)
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II 21:52–27:31
Section boundaries in music are not always sharp; a transition may be felt over a pause or a held chord.
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