Caprice 24 Paganini Download
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Ferdinand David's first edition was published by Breitkopf & Härtel in 1854. David, as editor, also issued an edition of Caprices with piano accompaniments by Robert Schumann. Another edition by David was issued in two books of 12 caprices each "mit hinzugefügter Begleitung des Pianoforte von Ferdinand David" (with additional piano accompaniment by Ferdinand David) and published by Breitkopf & Härtel (c. 1860).[2]
Caprice No. 24 in A minor is the final caprice of Niccolò Paganini's 24 Caprices, and a famous work for solo violin. The caprice, in the key of A minor, consists of a theme, 11 variations, and a finale. His 24 Caprices were probably composed between 1802 and 1817, while he was in the service of the Baciocchi court.
u can have so much fun with it. paganini really captures all sort of mood. in the beginning, its somber and serious, then it morphs to become energetic and playful. lets not forget the fingered octaves which are of a grand stature.
Once I wanted to learn a caprice in 6 weeks to perform. I considered #13, #20, and #24 the most feasible. The one in E flat with the military opening in double stops, either #8 or #14 (or #19?), also seems within grasp. Then I saw the Urtext.
I agree that all 24 caprices are hard and you shouldn't even attempt them until your teacher feels you are ready to...and they should NOT be studied without the help of your teacher!!! The Paganini caprices can really mess up your technique (and perhaps injure your hands) if you don't know what you're doing. However, I personally believe that they should be studied in the following order: 16, 13, 5, 20, 22, 3, 9, 23, 14, 18, 11, 10, 15, 7, 12, 21, 6, 8, 2, 19, 1, 4, 17, 24.
OK, I noticed how no one said anything about caprice 20, which is what I'm working on now. Does anyone have any tips on how to play measures 21 and 22? I feel like playing it in the position written is super painful and doesn't sound very good. I use the Peters editions. Thanks
January 27, 2016 at 07:00 AM I've been doing the violin for 7 years. I'm 14 and on week days I practice 5-9 (4 hours). Then I do my homework for school. My teacher is a really good teacher. Hes a bit of a perfectionist (we stay on a piece for a very long time) One day, I saw the Paganini caprice 24, I printed it out and I showed it to him. He said it was too difficult. I told him if he worked step by step with me, then it won't be very difficult. He refused. I printed out an easier version of the caprice, and I played it in no time. He said do it slowly. Couple days later, I mastered it. Then, I decide to print out caprice 16, presumably the easiest caprice. He still refused to teach me. He told me he mastered the caprice 16. I went home on a weekend and practice the caprice 24 by myself. I slowed down the speed of the second part on youtube and I played it slowly step by step for 2 hours and then I played scales for rest of my practice time. Eventually I played it really fast, so fast that I started making mistakes. Then I slowed down a bit and the slurred staccato was a piece of cake! This was all done in about 1 week, and I'm still perfecting it. Then I moved on to the 3rd part, a little challenging and at full speed it can be frustrating. But, I did the same with that and I am still perfecting it. I wanted to play the double stop on the g string and d string but I needed to do scales before I did that. So I asked my teacher if he could teach the scale. He said ok, but asked why, I told him, I was inspired by Heifetz or something like that but anyways he accepted and taught me it. I was playing the double stops, it was hard I admit, I played it slowly, and getting it intone is difficult. Plus, that certain area goes extremely high and making it sound it tune requires a lot of skill. My dad said he is going to find a different teacher soon I hope. Should I find a new teacher, is my current teacher not teaching me it because its too much of a hassle, and should I keep trying to master the caprice by myself?
January 27, 2016 at 12:22 PM I agree with everyone here. It's all well and good to mess around and learn things quickly for fun, but you risk I graining some awful technical habits that can stick around for years and years, and possibly harm your career potential down the road, (I'm going to assume at your age with your ambition to play the 24th caprice you might just want to try and do this professionally).
January 27, 2016 at 01:39 PM What do you want? Maybe we should pay a visit to your teacher and "make him an offer he can't refuse" Godfather style? You actually want to break up with your teacher over a Paganini caprice?
January 27, 2016 at 04:09 PM Your name is Spencer. I assume you're a young male. Well, instead of bashing your teacher, why not be gentle to talk to your teacher, ask him why you're not ready and ask him to give you etudes or other pieces for a preparation before stepping into paganini 24 caprices?
I agree with bothe Simon and the two following comments. It is actually a rather complex issue. Certainly students hacking away at works eyond their level can be extremely destrcutcive and the teacher should always be alert for this. But on the other hand I do femeber when I was about 12 my teacher saying that I could practice the double stops from caprice twenty four as a useful exer ise for preperation in the future. I think the practice of pulling put technical passages from works one is overall not ready for can be useful . But there are caveats. I think one assumes the student fully understands the notion deLay exemplified when she said 'even a Paginini concerto can be mad eeasy to practice if one takes us much time as needed even for just one note T a time.' Sorry I am paraphrasing very badly here. If the student understands the notion of qualit, intonation, and ease and is very familiar with essentail practice techniques then harm is unlikely. Simon is a great teache rand player so i think he can use this appraoch with some confidence iwth his advance dstudents.
I would again refer anyone who is interested to Ilya Gringolts blog on the caprices. As he says, they Re in many ways the acme of the violnists art and really best studied when the technique is already in the same ball park. They are not etudes.
October 19, 2007 at 06:37 AM Renato de Barbieri is the urtext version. Some fingerings are a bit off, but most are very thoughtful and the book finishs off with a discussion of every single caprice with a comparison of different editions and the facsimile.
February 14, 2014 at 11:08 PM I am trying to get a copy of Michelangelo Abbado's "Come Studiare i Capricci di Paganini" (how to study the Paganini caprices) Published by Edizioni Suvini Zerboni-Milano 1973. I presume it is out of print. I got a copy via interlibrary loan, but would like to have my own copy since I am working on a practice method for the Paganini caprices. Does anyone know where I might find it? Thanks, Bruce
February 15, 2014 at 02:51 PM Thanks Mattias. I can now return my copy to the library. Have you found certain exercises which have been especially helpful? For instance in caprice 24 playing the left hand pizz section arco on the string and slurred in groups of 4.
I was wondering: what are some of your favorite caprices, either to play or to listen to? It could be something that just sounds beautiful, is so fun to play, or is satisfying to pull off. I'm not quite at the level of playing any of them, so I'll give my favorites to listen to. My absolute favorite is probably no. 6: those trills give a hauntingly beautiful effect. Another is no. 17: I love how stately the double stops sound in between the runs. My final suggestion is no. 21: the end of the piece sounds so cheerful and fun.
August 25, 2007 at 02:43 PM I really don't want to play Paganini, ever, because it takes too much effort and I am very lazy. However...does anyone have any suggestions on playing Paganini 6? It's not the trilling motion (base joint of the fingers) that's getting me, nor is it the stretching...it's keeping count of those little notes!! Anyone have any suggestions on how to work this caprice up to a passable tempo without losing control of the little groups of 12 notes? If someone's performed this caprice before, how did you practice it and prepare it? Thank you!!!
It's not even the initial counting that's all that nasty--it's pretty straightforward, but the problem is that to play it at tempo, you really CAN'T count. I've tried practicing the whole caprice through VERY slowly, then with rhythms, the whole bit...and then all of a sudden, in tempo, it all goes out the window and you just want to trill rather than playing measured notes.
If you find it hard to count all of those notes, get used to the sound of them together, and slowly raise the metronome click by click and before you know it, with good practice you will be playing the caprice at a decent enough speed. After years of playing caprices, they get easier as your hands adapt to the awkward positions he puts them in, and your mind is expecting the hard work that you have put in to help the caprice become easier. Just keep practicing; Good practice.
July 25, 2013 at 12:12 PM I dredge up this subject again, since I am trying to again pick away at the problems in the caprices. In #6 the basic problems are big extensions, awkward trills for fingering, and sound distortion caused by widely varying sounding points. Also, at times up to 3 fingers are simultaneously doing different things (kind of like those Dounis finger independence exercises). For instance in Measure 4; 3rd finger trills, 2nd stays down, and 1st slides.
You did say anyone. I am not an expert on Paganini, but I have tried this caprice and some others. I remember having a go at no. 6 and all I wanted to do was play from beginning to end without mistakes. But as you say there are problems with keeping those hemi-demi-semiquavers in time and playing the chord shapes. If I ever try it again I will practise those techniques separately.
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