Inno Patriottico

Paganini's Inno patriottico con variazioni for solo violin M.S. 81 is a composition dating back to the period between 1796 and 1800. There is not very much background material regarding the piece: the only certainties we have about it are that it dates from his early period, springs from a Genovese environment, and has numerous similarities to the Carmagnola con variazioni M.S. 1: both compositions are based on a sprightly popular theme in 6/8 that can be traced back to the Perigordino, a French dance that first appeared in the Ligurian Apennines during the Napoleonic period. The structure consists of a theme followed by a series of variations in which Paganini demonstrates his personal concept of variation.

 

This edition is based on a recently rediscovered non-autograph source owned by the descendants of Eredi Sivori, in combination with the copy held by the Archivio Storico del Comune di Genova and printed sources.