Musical Borrowing
An Annotated Bibliography

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[+] Yang, Hokyung. "Twelve Variations on Paganini's 24th Caprice: An Analysis." DMA diss., University of Washington, 1994.

Paganini's Caprice, Op. 1, No. 24, has inspired numerous variations, and the popularity of Paganini's theme as the basis of variations should not merely be seen as a competitive effort among composers, but a tribute to the quality of the original theme. In particular, this can be seen through composers' varied approaches to texture, rhythm, meter, modulation, and harmony.

Works: Lutosławski: Variations on a Theme of Paganini (15-16, 32, 35-38, 70, 80); Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini, Op. 43 (17-18, 31, 33,39-48, 70, 77, 83); Boris Blacher: Orchestervariationen über ein Thema von N. Paganini (20, 32-33, 48-51, 53, 74-75, 77-78, 80); Nathan Milstein: Paganiniana (21, 30, 33, 52-55, 65, 83); Eugène Ysaÿe: Paganini Variations, Op. post. (23, 32-33, 59-62, 70-71, 77, 84); David Baker: Ethnic Variations on a Theme of Paganini (23-25, 59, 64-65, 77, 80, 82); Bronslaw Przybylski: Variazioni sopra un tema di Paganini (25, 31, 33, 59, 62-63, 74-75, 77, 80-82); Gregor Piatigorsky: Variations on a Paganini Theme (26, 32-33, 56-57, 65, 70-72, 77, 83); Hans Bottermund: Variations on a Theme of Paganini (27, 30, 56, 58-59, 74, 85); Bryan Hesford: Variation on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 68 (28, 30, 32, 65, 67-68, 72-73, 77); Kenneth Wilson: Variations on a Theme of Paganini for Four B flat Clarinets (28-29, 33, 35, 65-67, 72-73, 85); Keith Cole: Excursions: Variations on a Theme of Paganini (29, 32, 33, 65-66, 74, 77).

Sources: 24 Caprices, Op. 1 (1, 12-13, 30-31, 33, 39-40, 43-49, 56-57, 59, 63, 65, 70, 77, 80, 83, 85); Sequence Dies Irae (39-40, 43, 46-48).

Index Classifications: 1900s

Contributed by: Virginia Whealton



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