Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43

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concertante work rhapsody theme and variations

Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43 is a virtuosic concert work for piano and orchestra by Sergei Rachmaninoff that famously transforms Niccolò Paganini’s Caprice No. 24 into a series of inventive variations.

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Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf concertante work ⓘ
rhapsody ⓘ
theme and variations ⓘ
basedOn Caprice No. 24 in A minor NERFINISHED ⓘ
Niccolò Paganini’s Caprice No. 24 for solo violin NERFINISHED ⓘ
catalogNumber Op. 43 ⓘ
composer Sergei Rachmaninoff NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Russia ⓘ
dedicatedTo Nikolai Medtner NERFINISHED ⓘ
duration approximately 22 minutes ⓘ
genre work for piano and orchestra ⓘ
hasMovement Introduction ⓘ
Theme ⓘ
Variation 1 ⓘ
Variation 10 ⓘ
Variation 11 ⓘ
Variation 12 ⓘ
Variation 13 NERFINISHED ⓘ
Variation 14 ⓘ
Variation 15 ⓘ
Variation 16 ⓘ
Variation 17 ⓘ
Variation 18 ⓘ
Variation 19 NERFINISHED ⓘ
Variation 2 ⓘ
Variation 20 NERFINISHED ⓘ
Variation 21 ⓘ
Variation 22 ⓘ
Variation 23 NERFINISHED ⓘ
Variation 24 ⓘ
Variation 3 ⓘ
Variation 4 ⓘ
Variation 5 ⓘ
Variation 6 ⓘ
Variation 7 ⓘ
Variation 8 ⓘ
Variation 9 ⓘ
key A minor ⓘ
languageOfWork instrumental ⓘ
notableAdaptation arrangements for piano four hands ⓘ
arrangements for solo piano ⓘ
arrangements for two pianos ⓘ
notableSection Variation 18 ⓘ
slow lyrical variation ⓘ
numberOfVariations 24 ⓘ
period 20th-century classical music ⓘ
premiereConductor Leopold Stokowski NERFINISHED ⓘ
premiereCountry United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
premiereLocation Baltimore NERFINISHED ⓘ
premiereOrchestra Philadelphia Orchestra NERFINISHED ⓘ
premierePerformer Sergei Rachmaninoff NERFINISHED ⓘ
scoredFor orchestra ⓘ
solo piano ⓘ
style late Romantic ⓘ
virtuosic ⓘ
usesTheme Dies irae chant motif NERFINISHED ⓘ
yearComposed 1934 ⓘ
yearPremiered 1934 ⓘ

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film "Somewhere in Time" → notableSong → Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43 ⓘ
subject surface form: Somewhere in Time
this entity surface form: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
Sergei Rachmaninoff → notableWork → Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43 ⓘ