Guitar; Violin Duet
SKU: HL.50603740
For 2 Violins and
Guitar. Composed by
Nicolo Paganini. Edited
by Italo Vescovo.
Ricordi. Classical.
Softcover. 46 pages.
Ricordi #NR142258.
Published by Ricordi
(HL.50603740).
ISBN
9781705134122. UPC:
840126958195.
9.0x12.0x0.126
inches.
Nicolò
Paganini's trios for
strings and guitar make
up a small but
significant group of
pieces consisting of five
works of different
lengths, formal structure
and difficulty: the
Serenata in F major M.S.
115, the Terzetto in A
minor M.S. 116, the
Serenata in C major M.S.
17, the Terzetto
concertante in D major
M.S. 114, and the
Terzetto in D major M.S.
69. Within this group,
the Terzetto M.S. 116 and
the Serenata M.S. 116
make up a small diptych
for two violins and
guitar that can be traced
back to Paganini's
juvenile period
(1796-1804). In addition
to using the same musical
formation, the two pieces
also share some
compositional features,
regarding general formal
characteristics as well
as the order and the
number of movements.
Despite their simplicity,
the two compositions
still have features
typical of Paganini's
writing from this period
such as their spontaneous
cantabilità , the
freshness of their
musical ideas, pleasant
(if perhaps a little
naive), and the
well-defined sense of
form that comes out in
these small
compositions.