Variations on Paganini 

Robert D. McCashin
Grade 4

This thrilling set of five variations offers a delightful variety of meters, rhythms, and moods for the intermediate to advanced string orchestra. From a light scherzo to a lyrical adagio and even a heavy waltz in between, this work will serve as a terrific opener or closer for any concert!

Paganini, violin virtuoso from the late 1700's and early 1800's, was thought of as a magician or devil due to the extreme difficulty of the music he wrote and performed during his lifetime. His solo caprices for violin were, and still are, considered to

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