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"La Ronde des Lutins" for flute and piano, Op. 25
"La Ronde des Lutins" for flute and piano, Op. 25
Antonio Bazzini: "La Ronde des Lutins" (The Dance of the Goblins) for flute and piano, Op. 25, was written in 1852. It was originally written as a Scherzo fantastique for violin and piano.
Bazzini was a child prodigy violinist himself who received early encouragement from Niccolò Paganini.
The piece belongs to the 19th-century tradition of "fantastic" music inspired by supernatural themes, similar to Paganini's Le Streghe. It is known for its "devilish" technical demands, including rapid staccato, left-hand pizzicato, and double harmonics.
Despite Bazzini composing serious chamber music and operas later in life, he is remembered today almost exclusively for this single five-minute piece.
Notable arrangements for flute and piano have been made by Pierre Paubon and Akira Yashiro.
Bazzini Antonio
Antonio Bazzini (1818–1897) was a prominent Italian violinist, composer, and teacher who served as a critical link between the virtuoso era of Paganini and the modern Italian operatic school.
Born in Brescia, Bazzini was a child prodigy who received early encouragement from Niccolò Paganini.
He toured Europe extensively, earning high praise from Robert Schumann and Felix Mendelssohn. Notably, he gave the first private performance of Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto.
During this period, he composed his most famous work, La Ronde des Lutins (1852), which remains a staple of the virtuoso encore repertoire.
In 1864, Bazzini ended his concert career to focus on serious composition, championing a "renaissance" of Italian instrumental music based on German classical forms. He became a professor of composition at the Milan Conservatory in 1873 and served as its director from 1882 until his death.
As a teacher, he exerted a profound influence on the next generation of Italian opera composers, most notably Giacomo Puccini, Pietro Mascagni, and Alfredo Catalani.
He composed the opera Turanda (1867), based on the same fable that would later inspire Puccini's Turandot, and his six string quartets and a string quintet are considered his finest compositional achievements.