Key signature: Dmajor
Submitted on December 29th 2002 by lazyhound.
This tune has been added to 21 tunebooks.
X: 1
T: Paganini's
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: hornpipe
K: Dmaj
|:(3FGE|DA (3BAG FdAf|dafd' bagf|egba gfed|(3efd (3cdB (3ABG (3FGE|
DA (3BAG FdAf|dafd' bagf|ebge dcec|dAfe d2:|
|:(3abc'|d'2B2 ceac'|b2d2 Adfa|gfba gfed|(3cfe (3dcB A2Bc|
dAGF ecBA|fdcB gedc|(3ad'c' (3bag (3fba (3gfe|dAfe d2:||
This tune is from the National Library of Wales (Tro Llaw). Paganini (1782-1840), was possibly the greatest of all violin virtuosi and composed concertos and and other works which even now tax the greatest players in world. He gave concerts in London in 1831, shortly before his retirement due to ill-health, and I like to think that a fiddle player saw him perform there and was inspired to pen this hornpipe. We'll probably never know for certain.
# Posted on December 29th 2002 by lazyhound
Cool! I didn't know that Paganini inspired a hornpipe.
# Posted on January 8th 2003 by The Whistler