Le Streghe, Op. 8 (Witches' Dance)

Niccolò Paganini · 1782–1840

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Type: Showpiece
Setting: Piano
Length: About 10 min
Era: Early Romantic
Nationality: Italian
Exam lists: RCM

Notes

Harmonics and left-hand pizzicato galore

About this work

Composed: 1813
First performed: 29 October 1803 in Milan, Teatro alla Scala; Niccolò Paganini (violin), La Scala Orchestra

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