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  2. Violin Concerto No. 1 (Paganini) - Wikipedia

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    Paganini intended the Concerto to be heard in E-flat major: the orchestral parts were written in E-flat, and the solo was written in D major with instructions for the violin to be tuned a semitone high, (a technique known as scordatura) enabling the soloist to achieve effects sounding in E-flat which would not be possible with normal tuning.

  3. Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin (Bach) - Wikipedia

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    The surviving autograph manuscript of the sonatas and partitas was made by Bach in 1720 in Köthen, where he was Kapellmeister.As Christoph Wolff comments, the paucity of sources for instrumental compositions prior to Bach's period in Leipzig makes it difficult to establish a precise chronology; nevertheless, a copy made by the Weimar organist Johann Gottfried Walther in 1714 of the Fugue in G ...

  4. List of solo violin pieces - Wikipedia

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    Four Caprices for Violin Solo. Polish Caprice (1949) Johann Sebastian Bach. 3 Sonatas and 3 Partitas, for solo violin: Sonata No. 1 in G minor, BWV 1001. Partita No. 1 in B minor, BWV 1002. Sonata No. 2 in A minor, BWV 1003. Partita No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004. Sonata No. 3 in C major, BWV 1005.

  5. Violin - Wikipedia

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    e. The violin, sometimes referred as a fiddle, [ a ] is a wooden chordophone, and is the smallest, and thus highest-pitched instrument (soprano) in regular use in the violin family. Smaller violin-type instruments exist, including the violino piccolo and the pochette, but these are virtually unused. Most violins have a hollow wooden body, and ...

  6. Music of the Fallout series - Wikipedia

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    The music soundtrack of the Fallout series is composed of both licensed music from the mid-century's Jazz Age to the Space Age, as well as original scores by Mark Morgan, Matt Gruber, Devin Townsend, Inon Zur, and Ramin Djawadi. The series also features original songs and covers commissioned for the games as diegetic music heard in the world of ...

  7. List of compositions by Igor Stravinsky - Wikipedia

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    Conductor and Tarantula, for voice and piano (1906) Lost. Faun and Shepherdess, for mezzo-soprano and orchestra, Op. 2 (1907) Pastorale, for vocalise soprano and piano (1907) Stravinsky created an arrangement of this piece for soprano and four woodwinds in 1923, and arrangements for violin and piano and for violin and four woodwinds in 1933.

  8. List of compositions for violin and orchestra - Wikipedia

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    Nimrod Borenstein. Concerto for Violin and Orchestra Op. 60 (2013) Hakon Børresen. Violin Concerto in G major, Op. 11 (1904) Henriette Bosmans. Concertstuk, for violin and orchestra (1934) Grave funebre, for violin and orchestra. Violin caprices 5 & 8, for violin and orchestra. Susan Botti.

  9. The 50 Greatest Pieces of Classical Music - Wikipedia

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    The 50 Greatest Pieces of Classical Music is a compilation of classical works recorded by the London Philharmonic Orchestra with conductor David Parry. [2] Recorded at Abbey Road Studios , Royal Festival Hall and Henry Wood Hall in London, the compilation was released in digital formats in November, 2009 and as a 4-CD set in 2011. [ 3 ]