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Étude IV - Étude V (Hommage à Niccolò Paganini) - Étude VI (Wiegenlied für Salome)
for Violin solo
Widmann's 'Études' for solo violin are in the tradition of the caprices by Paganini and the piano studies by Chopin, Liszt and Ligeti: artistically autonomous concertante pieces on a specific technical problem each, to be performed individually or in cyclic order. No. IV contained in Vol. 2 presented here is a study on different pizzicato techniques. No. V, a tremolando study, is an homage to Niccolò Paganini's 'Caprice No. 6'. No. VI which bears the subtitle 'Salomes Wiegenlied' (Salome's Lullaby) is, due to its sequence of a 12-bar theme and 24 short variations each of which is committed to a different contemporary way of playing, perfect for violin lessons and as a competition piece.
Étude IV - Étude V (Hommage à Niccolò Paganini) - Étude VI (Wiegenlied für Salome)