24 Caprices for Solo Violin (Paganini)
The24 Caprices for Solo Violinwere written in groups (seven, five and twelve) byNiccolò Paganinibetween 1802 and 1817. They are also designated as M.S. 25 inMaria Rosa Moretti's and Anna Sorrento'sCatalogo tematico delle musiche di Niccolò Paganiniwhich was published in 1982. TheCapricesare in the form ofétudes,with each number exploring different skills (double stoppedtrills,extremely fast switching ofpositionsand strings, etc.)
Ricordifirst published them in 1820, where they were grouped and numbered from 1 to 24 asOp.1, together with 12 Sonatas for Violin and Guitar (Op. 2 and 3) and 6 Guitar Quartets (Op. 4 and 5). When Paganini released hisCaprices,he dedicated them "alliartisti "(to the artists) rather than to a specific person. A sort of dedication can be recognized in Paganini's own score, where he annotated between 1832 and 1840 the following 'dedicatee' for eachCaprice(possibly ready for a new printed edition):[1]1:Henri Vieuxtemps;2: Giuseppe Austri; 3:Ernesto Camillo Sivori;4:Ole Bornemann Bull;5:Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst;6:Karol Józef Lipiński;7:Franz Liszt;8:Delphin Alard;9: Herrmann; 10:Theodor Haumann ;11:Sigismond Thalberg;12: Dhuler; 13:Charles Philippe Lafont;14:Jacques Pierre Rode;15:Louis Spohr;16:Rodolphe Kreutzer;17:Alexandre Artôt;18: Antoine Bohrer; 19:Andreas Jakob Romberg;20: Carlo Bignami; 21:Antonio Bazzini;22: Luigi Alliani; 23: [no name]; 24:Nicolò Paganini,sepolto pur troppo(to my self, regrettably buried).
Ferdinand David's first edition was published byBreitkopf & Härtelin 1854. David, as editor, also issued an edition ofCapriceswith piano accompaniments byRobert 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]
Unlike many earlier and later sets of 24 pieces, there was no intention to write these caprices in24 different keys.
Details[edit]
No. | Key | Movements | Notes |
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1 | E major | Andante | Nicknamed "The Arpeggio", this composition matches chordal playing with ricochet across all 4 strings. The piece opens in E major and then quickly transitions into an E minor development section, where descending scales in thirds are introduced. |
2 | B minor | Moderato | The second caprice focuses on detache with many string crossings across non-adjacent strings. |
3 | E minor | Sostenuto/Presto/Sostenuto | Caprice No. 3 is a slurred legato exercise with octave trills in the introduction and conclusion. |
4 | C minor | Maestoso | Caprice No. 4 is an exercise featuring passages with many multiple stops in thirds. |
5 | A minor | Agitato | Caprice No. 5focuses on fast ricochet bowings. It begins and ends with a section of ascending arpeggios followed by descending scales. |
6 | G minor | Lento | Nicknamed "The Trill", the sixth caprice exploits the use of left-hand tremolo on the violin by quickly alternating between different notes in the chord in one of the voices. A melody is played in one line with a tremolo occurring on another. |
7 | A minor | Posato | This caprice focuses on slurred staccato passages, featuring many long slurred scales and arpeggios. |
8 | E-flat major | Maestoso | Caprice No. 8 focuses on sustaining a lower note while playing a higher melody at the same time, meanwhile incorporating many trills and double stops. |
9 | E major | Allegretto | Nicknamed "La Chasse" or "The Hunt", the violin's A and E strings imitate the flutes ( "Sulla tastiera imitando il Flauto" ), while the G and D strings imitate the horns ( "imitando il Corno sulla D e G corda" ). Primarily a study in double stops, with ricochet occurring in the middle section. |
10 | G minor | Vivace | This caprice is primarily a study in up-bow staccato, with staccato notes punctuated by chords, trills and distant string crossings. |
11 | C major | Andante/Presto/Andante | The eleventh caprice starts and ends with sections that require multiple voices, containing a passage that consists of many dotted notes rapidly jumping up and down the scale. |
12 | A-flat major | Allegro | This caprice consists of a slurred pattern of a melody on an upper string alternating with a drone note on a bottom string, forcing the violinist to stretch great distances while keeping a finger on the drone string. |
13 | B-flat major | Allegro | Nicknamed "The Devil's Laughter",Caprice No. 13starts out with scale-like double-stopped passages at a moderate speed. The second part consists of high speed runs that exercise left hand flexibility and position shifting, and right-hand high-speed string changing and detache bowing. The piece then repeats back to the beginning and ends right before reaching the second part for the second time. |
14 | E-flat major | Moderato | The 14th caprice displays the violin's ability to voice chords. It contains many triple and quadruple stops. Stylistically, the piece imitates brass fanfares. |
15 | E minor | Posato | Caprice 15 is in ABA form. The "A" section is in E minor and starts with a melody in octaves followed by a variation in 32nd notes. The "B" section is in G major (the relative major to E minor) and features upbow staccato and singly-bowed arpeggios. |
16 | G minor | Presto | Caprice No. 16is perhaps the simplest of the caprices. The chief difficulties are string crossings and some broken tenths. The only chord is the final note. |
17 | E-flat major | Sostenuto/Andante | The "A" section contains numerous thirty-second note runs on the A and E strings that converse back and forth with double stops on the lower two strings. The middle section is famous for the incredibly difficult octave passage. |
18 | C major | Corrente/Allegro | The introduction to caprice 18 demonstrates playing on the G string in very high positions. This is followed by a rapid display of scales in thirds. |
19 | E-flat major | Lento/Allegro assai | After 4 measures of octaves marked Lento, the rest of the caprice is in ABA form marked Allegro assai. The "A" section consists of playful staccato 8th notes, and the "B" section consists of fast 16th notes played on the G string. The opening 4 measures and the "A" section are in E-flat major, and the "B" section is in the relative minor (C minor). |
20 | D major | Allegretto | Caprice 20 is famous for the use of the D string as a drone, backdropping a lyrical melody on the A and E strings, imitating a bagpipe. This is followed by a rapid sixteenth note passage with trills and flying staccato. |
21 | A major | Amoroso/Presto | Caprice 21 begins with a very expressive, aria-like melody played in double-stopped sixths. This is followed by a section of rapid up-bow staccato. |
22 | F major | Marcato | Caprice 22 explores many types of double and triple stops with louré bowing, then implementing various elements of slurred staccato, slurred tremolos and strings crossings. |
23 | E-flat major | Posato/Minore/Posato | Caprice No. 23 begins with a melody in octaves in E♭.The middle, contrasting section is a formidable exercise in string crossings: it requires the violinist to play patterns of three sixteenth notes on the G string and then cross quickly to play one on the E string, and then back to the G string, all at a quick tempo. |
24 | A minor | Tema: Quasi presto/variazioni I–XI/Finale | The theme fromCaprice No. 24is well known; it has been used as the basis for many pieces by a wide variety of composers. This caprice uses a wide range of highly advanced techniques such as tremendously fast scales and arpeggios, double and triple stops, left hand pizzicato, parallel octaves and tenths, rapid shifting, and string crossings. |
Scores[edit]
- Critical edition byFranco Gulli (Ed. Curci, 1982)[3]
- Critical edition byRenato de Barbieri (Urtext, 1990)[4]
Complete set / commercial recordings[edit]
In 1940, to celebrate the centenary of Paganini's death, the complete set in the arrangement for violin and piano byFerdinand Davidwas recorded by the 20-year-old Austrian violinistOssy Renardy(pseudonym of Oskar Reiss), with Walter Robert on piano (78 rpm's, RCA Victor; CD reprint by Biddulph).[5]This was the world premiere recording of any version of the 24 Caprices.[6]Renardy had played the solo violin version of the 24 in his Carnegie Hall debut the previous October. In 1953, shortly before his untimely death, Renardy recorded the 24 again (on Paganini's Guarnieri del Gesù violin, 'Il Cannone'), in the same arrangement by David, with Eugene Helmer accompanying (2LPs, Remington R-99-146 & R-99-152).[7][8]
In 1947,Ruggiero Ricci[9]made the first complete recording of the 24 Caprices in their original version (Decca).[10]Ricci later made further recordings, as stated below:
- 1947 | 2LPs | Decca LK.4025Nos.1–12;LXT.2588Nos.13–24-mono-; 1950 reprint | 2LPs | London Decca LL.264Nos.1–12;LL.252Nos.13–24mono (London, July 1947)
- 1959 | LP | Decca LXT.5569 -mono- / SXL.2194 -stereo- (Victoria Hall, Geneva, 1–9 April 1959)
- 1973 | LP | Vox Turnabout TV-S 34528 |+ premiere recording ofCaprice d'adieuin E major, MS 68(USA, 1973)
- 1978 | 2LP | Price-Less C–93042 (CD reprint: Price-Less D12179) | "Golden Jubilee" – recorded direct-to-disc[11]at Soundstage Recording Studio, Toronto, Canada |+Caprice d'adieuin E major, MS 68 +Duo merveillein C major, MS 6(Toronto, 1978)
- 1988 | CD | Radio Vaticana 061–003 / Biddulph LAW 016 | performed on Paganini's Guarneri del Gesù "Il Cannone" (Genova, 16–20 April 1988)
- 1998 | CD | Dynamic CDS244 | 80th Birthday Concert, live in Szeged Synagogue, Hungary | version for violin and orchestra byLaszlo Meszlény(Nos.1–23) andChris Nicholls(No.24), based on the piano accompaniment composed byRobert Schumann(Hungary, 17 May 1998)
- 1982 | LaserDisc-NTSC | One Eleven, Ltd. URS-V-91610 | 69 mins. | BBC Scotland, Live television performance (p)1991
- 1987 | VHS-NTSC | Shar Products Company RR–1 (Michigan University, 10 January 1987) | unedited performance
Other violinists have since recorded the complete set, including:
- Accardo, Salvatore(1st rec: RCA Italia, 1970 / 2nd rec: DGG, 1977 / 3rd rec: Foné, 2002)
- Barbieri, Renato de (Fonit Cetra Italia, 1981) – from the original Paganini's manuscript
- Barton-Pine, Rachel(Avie, 2017)
- Becker-Bender, Tanja(Hyperion, 2007)
- Berick, Yehonatan(Equilibrium, 2014)
- Berman, Pavel(iClassical Academy, Italy 2018, complete set of all 24 Caprices on video; instructional lessons and performances)[12]
- Chumachenco, Nicolas(Edelweiss, 1982)
- Francesca Dego (Italian issue – DGG, 2012)
- Ehnes, James(1st rec: Telarc, 1995 / 2nd rec: Onyx, 2009) – unedited performance, each caprice recorded in a single take
- Erlih, Devy(Adès, 1967 / CD reprint, 1987 (selection of 19 from the 24 Caprices: Nos. 2, 3, 8, 22 & 23 are not included)
- Fedotov, Maxim(Russian and Japanese issue – Triton, 1996)
- Fischer, Julia(Decca Classics, 2008/09)
- Garrett, David(DGG, 1996) – w.Bruno Canino,playing the Robert Schumann piano accompaniment for Nos. 1–23
- Gitlis, Ivry(Philips, 1976) – released in 2007
- Gringolts, Ilya(Orchid Classics, 2012)
- Hadelich, Augustin(Warner Classics, 2017/8)
- Ibragimova, Alina(Hyperion, 2021)
- Kaler, Ilya(Naxos, 1992)
- Kamio, Mayuko(Japanese issue – BMG/RCA Victor Red Seal, 2009) – CD+DVD features an interview with Kamio
- Kavakos, Leonidas(Dynamic, 1989/90)
- Kinga, Augustin(RovenRecords, 2016)
- Koelman, Rudolf(Wiediscon, 1996 / CD reprint: Hänssler, 2003) – 1996 live recording
- Kováč, Tibor(Gramola, 1999)
- Malikian, Ara(Warner Classics Apex, 2002) –Warner claim this to be the first complete recording made of the caprices, following the repetition marks included in the autograph score. Total playing time: 100'25
- Markov, Alexander(DVD Warner Music Vision + CD Erato, 1989) –'live' recording, 3 May 1989. DVD Film directed byBruno Monsaingeon
- Midori(Sony Classical, 1988)
- Milanova, Vanya(Simax, 1985)
- Milenkovich, Stefan(Dynamic, 2002/03) – 2-CD set with 'the complete music for solo violin'
- Mintz, Shlomo(DGG, 1981)
- Paetsch, Michaela(Teldec, 1987)
- Papavrami, Tedi (Aeon, 1997 + 2001) – 2-CD set with two different recordings: 1997 studio version + 19 April 2001, 'live' in Tokyo
- Pasquier, Régis(Auvidis Valois, 1991)
- Perlman, Itzhak(EMI, 1972)
- Poulet, Gérard Georges(French issue – LP Deesse DDLX 178, 1979)
- Rabin, Michael(Capitol, 1958)
- Rogliano, Marco(Tactus, 2000)
- Shunsuke Sato(Japanese issue – Universal Classics, 2009) – performed on pure gut strings
- Shimizu, Takashi(Japanese issue – Platz, 1990)
- Spivakovsky, Tossy(Omega Classics, 1966) – w. Lester Taylor, playing the Robert Schumann piano accompaniment for Nos. 1–23
- Stadler, Sergei(Melodiya, 1983)
- Tchakerian, Sonig (Arts Music, 2002)
- Zalai, Antal(Budapest, 4–13 August 2015)
- Zehetmair, Thomas(1st rec: Teldec, 1992 / 2nd rec: ECM Records, 2007)
- Zhislin, Grigori(Dante Productions LYSC 002, 1997)
- Zimmermann, Frank Peter(EMI, 1984/85) – plays the first twelve Caprices on a Stradivari of 1706 and the remainder on a Stradivari of 1684
- Zukofsky, Paul(Vanguard Classics, 1970) – so-called 'authentic' performance based on the original manuscript
Complete set / live, not commercial recordings[edit]
- Madoyan, Nikolay(live recording | 4 November 2003, San Donato Church Genoa, Italy)
Arrangements[edit]
Violin and Piano[edit]
- version of No. 24 by composer himself, for violin and piano or guitar published separately asVariazioni di bravura
- piano accompaniments for Nos. 1–23 byRobert Schumann(1855)
- arrangement of Nos. 1–24 byFerdinand Davidfor violin and piano (c. 1860)
- version of the 24 caprices "avec accompagnement de pianoforte"byJohn Liptrot Hatton(1870)
- arrangement of No. 13 byJenő Hubay(c. 1925)
- arrangement of Nos. 13, 20 and 24 byFritz Kreisler(1911)
- arrangement of Nos. 17 and 24 byLeopold Auer(1922)
- arrangement of No. 6 byGeorge Enescu[13]
- arrangement of No. 9 "La chasse" byJacques Thibaud
- arrangement of No. 9 and 23 byFlorizel von Reuter
- arrangement of No. 9 byAlbert Spalding(1918)
- arrangement of Nos. 17 (1926), 9, 13, 19 (1941) and 24 (1918) byAdolf Busch
- arrangement (recomposition with new variations) of No. 24 byMischa Elman
- arrangement of Nos. 13, 22, 14 (Vol. I), Nos. 21, 15, 9 (Vol. II) and Nos. 20, 24 (Vol. III) byMario Pilati(1935)[14]
- arrangement of Nos. 13, 17, 24 byZino Francescatti(1950s)[15]
- re-composition of No. 20 asConcert CapricebyMax Rostal(1955)
- arrangement of No. 24 byEduard Tubin
Violin and string orchestra[edit]
- arrangement of Nos. 13,[16]24 byJascha Heifetz,[17]No. 24 is based on Leopold Auer's piano arrangement (1940s)
- arrangement of Nos. 2, 21, 20, 9, 24 asFive Paganini CapricesbyEdison Denisov(1985)[18]
- string orchestra accompaniment for Nos. 1–24 byGiedrius Kuprevičius
Viola solo[edit]
- arrangement of Nos. 5 and 13 byWilliam Primrose(1933/34)
- arrangement of Nos. 1–24 byEmanuel Vardi(1965)
Viola and piano[edit]
- arrangements of No.17 byWilliam Primroseand No. 24 by David Stimer
Cello solo[edit]
- arrangement of Nos. 9, 14, 17 byYo-Yo Ma(1981/82)
Cello and piano[edit]
- arrangement of Nos. 13, 20 and 24 byFritz Kreisler(1911) / re-arranged byYo-Yo Mafor cello and piano
Flute solo[edit]
- arrangement of Nos. 1–24 byJules Herman (1902)
- arrangement of Nos. 1–24 byPatrick Gallois(1990/91)
Guitar solo[edit]
- arrangement of No. 24 byJohn Williams
- arrangement of Nos. 1–24 byEliot Fisk(1990/91)
- arrangement of No. 24 byMarcin Patrzalek
Electric guitar solo[edit]
- arrangement of Nos. 1-24 by
Steve Jeffrey2023
Chamber orchestra[edit]
- arrangement of No. 24 byAdolf Busch(1918?)
Clarinet and jazz band[edit]
- arrangement of No. 24 bySkip MartinandBenny Goodman(1941)[19]
Complete set recordings of arrangements[edit]
- Berman, Pavel(Classica HD, 2013) – Orchestra dei Talenti Musicali – live, Biella, Teatro Sociale, 2013 (version with String Orchestra byGiedrius Kuprevičius)
- Boyd, Bonita (flute)(Fleur De Son Classics, 2000) – arranged by Jules Herman for flute
- Drahos, Béla (flute)(Hungarian issue – Radioton, 1996) – arranged by Jules Herman for flute. Première recording of the 24 Caprices performed on the flute
- Fisk, Eliot (guitar)(Nimbus Records, 1991) – arranged by Eliot Fisk for guitar
- Gallois, Patrick (flute)(DGG, 1991) – arranged by Patrick Gallois for flute
- Slapin, Scott (viola)(Eroica Classical Recordings, 2008) – arranged for viola
- Vardi, Emanuel (viola)(Epic SC 6049, 1965) – arranged for viola. Recorded on a 17 "Dodd viola in Vardi's home studio
- Wihan String Quartet(Nimbus Alliance, 2009)[20]– arranged by William Zinn for string quartet (Wihan SQ: Leos Cepicky and Jan Schulmeister, violins / Jiri Zigmund, viola / Ales Kasprik, cello)
Original works, based on Paganini's Caprices[edit]
Especially for compositions in the form of "Variations" see the related article:Caprice No. 24 (Paganini)#Variations on the theme.
Violin solo[edit]
- 9 variaciones sobre el capricho núm. 24 de PaganinibyManuel Quiroga(1928)
- 12 variaciones sobre el capricho núm. 24 de PaganinibyManuel Quiroga(1942)
- Paganiniana,Variations for violin solo (Tema: Caprice 24; Var. I: Caprice 3; Var. II: Le Streghe; Var. III: Caprice 6; Var. IV: Caprice 14; Var. V: Caprice 21) byNathan Milstein(1954)[21]
- Paolo Pessina –Paganini VariationsOp.25 for Violin and Piano ('ad libitum') dedicated toRuggiero Ricci(1997)
- 50 Caprice Variations(on Caprice No. 24) byGeorge Rochberg(1970)
Violin and piano[edit]
- Paganini Variations on the 24th caprice byEugène Ysaÿe(posthumous ed. 1960)
- Trois caprices de Paganini Op. 40 (re-composition of Nos. 20, 21 and 24) byKarol Szymanowski(1918; rev. 1926)
- Trois caprices de Paganini Op. 97 (re-composition of Nos. 10, 13 and 22) byDarius Milhaud(1927)
Violin and orchestra[edit]
- Capriccio dei Capricci(da Paganini, 2 Studi per orchestra di virtuosi), Op. 50, byFranco Mannino(1967)
Piano solo[edit]
- Etudes after Paganini Caprices, Op. 3 (on Caprices Nos. 5, 9, 11, 13, 19, 16) byRobert Schumann(1832)[22]
- 6 Concert Etudes after Paganini Caprices, Op. 10 (on Caprices Nos. 14, 6, 10, 4, 2, 3) by Robert Schumann (1833)[23]
- Études d'exécution transcendante d'après Paganini, S. 140 (on Caprices Nos. 5+6, 17, 1, 9, 24) byFranz Liszt(1838/40)[24]
- Grandes études de Paganini, S. 141 (on Caprices Nos. 6, 17, 1, 9, 24) by Franz Liszt (1851)[25]
- Variations on a Theme by Paganini, Op. 35 (Book I & II)] (on Caprice No. 24) byJohannes Brahms(1862/63)[26]
- Sonatina Canonicain E♭major (on Caprices Nos. 20, 19, 11, 14) byLuigi Dallapiccola(1942/43), dedicated toPietro Scarpini
Two pianos[edit]
- Variations on a Theme by Paganini (on Caprice No. 24) byWitold Lutosławski(1941)
Piano and orchestra[edit]
- Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini,Op. 43, (on Caprice No. 24) bySergei Rachmaninoff(1934)
- Wariacje na temat Paganiniego (on Caprice No. 24) byWitold Lutosławski(1941; rescored 1979)
Orchestra[edit]
- re-composition of various Paganini's works asPaganiniana,Op. 65: I. Allegro agitato (onCapricesNos. 5, 12 and fragments from Nos. 16, 19) byAlfredo Casella(1942)
- Paganini Variations,Op. 26 (on Caprice No. 24) byBoris Blacher(1947)
References[edit]
- ^Rosenthal, Albi (1982), "An intriguing copy of Paganini's Capricci", in Monterosso, Raffaello (ed.),Nicolò Paganini e il suo tempo: relazioni e comunicazioni,Genova: Comune di Genova, pp. 235–246
- ^"Paganini: 24 Capricci per il Violino solo," dedicati agli Artisti "Op. 1 – Robin Stowell".Archived fromthe originalon 2015-10-02.Retrieved2015-03-12.
- ^Paganini 24 Capricci, Rev. F.Gulli– Ed. Curci Milano (1982)
- ^Paganini 24 Caprices, Rev. R. De Barbieri– G. Henle Verlag (1990)
- ^78rpm's RCA Victor: matrix 16276/8 (Album M-672) Paganini Caprices Nos. 1 to 12 (6 sides) + matrix 17636/8 (Album M-738) Paganini Caprices Nos. 13 to 24 (5 sides)
- ^CD Symposium 1311, review by Jonathan Woolf on "Music Web International"
- ^Ossy Renardy on "the Remington site"
- ^Ossy Renardy on "Maestronet – forum", by Alan Sanders, 2003
- ^Ruggiero Ricci plays Paganini Caprice No. 24onYouTube
- ^"LXT 2588 + LK 4025 – Paganini – 24 Caprices – Ruggiero Ricci".Archived fromthe originalon 2015-04-16.Retrieved2015-04-16.
- ^This process records the original sound direct to master discs without using a magnetic tape. Thus the full dynamic range and the original sound are fully preserved.
- ^Foundation, iClassical."Pavel Berman".iClassical Academy.Retrieved2019-08-28.
- ^Yehudi Menuhin and George Enescu play Paganini Caprice No. 6 (arr. Enescu)onYouTube
- ^Zino Francescatti plays Paganini/Pilati "8 Caprices"onYouTube
- ^Zino Francescatti plays Paganini/Francescatti Caprice No. 17onYouTube
- ^Caprice No. 13 with Orchestra, live recording by J. HeifetzonYouTube
- ^Caprice No. 24 with Orchestra, live recording by J. HeifetzonYouTube
- ^Sergey Krilov plays Edison Denisov "5 Paganini Caprices"onYouTube
- ^Benny Goodman – Paganini, Caprice 24onYouTube,78rpm Columbia CO 31390 (rec: 2 October 1941)
- ^24 Caprices arranged for String Quartet
- ^Paganiniana,Variations for violin soloArchived2016-03-06 at theWayback MachinebyNathan Milstein
- ^Etudes after Paganini Caprices, Op. 3 (Schumann, Robert):Scores at theInternational Music Score Library Project
- ^6 Concert Etudes after Paganini Caprices, Op. 10 (Schumann, Robert):Scores at theInternational Music Score Library Project
- ^Études d'exécution transcendante d'après Paganini, S. 140 (Liszt, Franz):Scores at theInternational Music Score Library Project
- ^Grandes études de Paganini, S. 141 (Liszt, Franz):Scores at theInternational Music Score Library Project
- ^Variations on a Theme by Paganini, Op. 35 (Brahms, Johannes):Scores at theInternational Music Score Library Project
Further reading[edit]
- Stratton, Stephen(1907).Nicolo Paganini: His Life and Work.London: E. Shore & Co.ISBN0-559-80636-1.
- Philippe Borer,The Twenty-Four Caprices of Niccolò Paganini. Their significance for the history of violin playing and the music of the Romantic era,Stiftung Zentralstelle der Studentenschaft der Universität Zürich, Zurich, 1997
- Konstantin Georgiyevich Mostras,24 каприса для скрипки соло Н. Паганини: методические комментарии[=24 Caprices for solo violin solo by N. Paganini: methodical commentaries] Moscow, Musghiz, 1959 [165 p.]