Carnaval de Venise

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Carnaval de Venise (Carnival in Venice). Paganini's Op.10, comp. in or before 1829, was a set of variations for unacc. vn. on Le Carnaval de Venise, being the popular Venetian song ‘O mamma mia’. Other composers, e.g. Benedict, have also used the theme. A. Thomas wrote an opera Le Carnaval de Venise, prod. 1857.

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