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Offline d664

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origin of la campanella
on: November 02, 2011, 12:51:02 AM
ive been practicing la campanella recently and i knew that the melody was from the final movement of paganini's second violin concerto. but then yesterday i was listening to czerny's quartet for 4 pianos and i heard the melody(im not so sure) . does anyone know where the tune originated from? thanks
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Offline pianoplayjl

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Re: origin of la campanella
Reply #1 on: November 03, 2011, 02:21:07 AM
Probably originated from bells. The title means bells in italian, I think but I really don't know.
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Offline mike_lang

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Re: origin of la campanella
Reply #2 on: November 03, 2011, 10:36:56 AM
Quote from: d664 on November 02, 2011, 12:51:02 AM
ive been practicing la campanella recently and i knew that the melody was from the final movement of paganini's second violin concerto. but then yesterday i was listening to czerny's quartet for 4 pianos and i heard the melody(im not so sure) . does anyone know where the tune originated from? thanks

If it is in the Czerny, that is happy coincidence; he adopted the melody from the Paganini.

Mike
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