Balletto campestre, MS 74 (Variations on a comic theme)

Niccolò Paganini · 1782–1840

Level 9 · Virtuoso — about FRSM / FTCL

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Type: Showpiece
Setting: Orchestra (piano reduction)
Length: About 27 min
Era: Early Romantic
Nationality: Italian
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Long variation chain; full Paganini technical arsenal

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