Sonata 'La primavera' in A major, MS 73

Niccolò Paganini · 1782–1840

Level 9 · Virtuoso — about FRSM / FTCL

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Type: Showpiece
Setting: Orchestra (piano reduction)
Length: About 17 min
Era: Early Romantic
Nationality: Italian
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Notes

Late variation sonata; harmonics, ricochet, left-hand pizzicato

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