The Infant Paganini for Violin and Piano-Fantasia

Born in Erfurt, the composer Edward Mollenhauer (1827-1914) achieved success in America as a soloist and teacher. His best-known pieces for young violinists are The Infant Paganini and The Boy Paganini.
The Mollenhauer fantasia The Infant Paganini is a charming introduction to early virtuoso techniques. It calls for bowing techniques such as detache, legato, spiccato and arpeggios over three strings. Players are also expected to play harmonics and pizzicato. This showpiece (BA 10691) can be accomplished by violinists who can play in first to third position and who are nearing completion of Sassmannshaus Early Start on the Violin, volume 4.