David N. Baker Jr.

• David Baker and The Lenox School of Jazz - Jazz Education Journal interview conducted by Darius Brubeck concerning especially the jazz education movement. Focuses include Ornette Coleman, freer music, George Russell, his classical influence, and notes.
• David N. Baker - Honors page from Indiana University's Alliance of Distinguished Rank Professors notes his abilities and achievements that garnered this distinction.
• David Nathaniel Baker, Jr. - Biography from the African-American Art Song Alliance notes his varied compositions and voluminous writings.
• Jazz Influences on Classical with David Baker - Transcript of NPR's Milestones of the Millennium with host Martin Goldsmith. Includes RMM audio of the broadcast with music edited out.

Paganini Caprices

• Aspects of Jazz and Classical Music in David N. Baker's Ethnic Variations on a Theme of Paganini - Masters in Music thesis submitted by Heather Koren Pinson to Louisiana State University.
• 24 Caprices for Solo Violin, Op. 1 - Musical Heritage Society review of Michael Rabin recording of the Paganini work includes overall evaluation and comparison and contrast of the individual pieces.
• Franz Liszt: Paganini Studies and Schubert March Transcriptions - Hyperion Records sleeve note. Mainly deals with the nature of the Studies, their original composer, and their transcriptionist, noting their brilliance and technical demands and listing them according to common nicknames.
• Paganini and the 24 Caprices - Essay begins with biographical introduction then examines the entire work and various pieces therein. Notes their continuing popularity.
• Paganini Variations: The Tune That Drove Composers Wild (Part 1) - Fred Flaxman notes the original Caprices and discusses the assorted interpretations granted some or all of them by such composers as Paganini, Brahms, Liszt, Rachmaninoff, Szymanowski, Lutoslawski, and Andrew Lloyd Webber.
• Paganini Variations: The Tune That Drove Composers Wild (Part 2) - Fred Flaxman notes the original Caprices and discusses the assorted interpretations granted some or all of them by such composers as Paganini, Brahms, Liszt, Rachmaninoff, Szymanowski, Lutoslawski, and Andrew Lloyd Webber.
• Paganini: Violin Technique and the 24 Caprices - Dave Camwell, jazz saxophone player, explores the composer's virtuosity as illustrated by the pieces of this opus. He shows how every special technique is included in one or more of the caprices.
• Paginini's 24 Caprices - Extended discussion from the archives of violinist.com examines various artists who have recorded them and rates and evaluates many of the performances.
• Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini - Sandra L. Greene traces the development of the Rachmaninoff composition, showing its programmatic nature. Profiles both composers and discusses critical and audience reception of the Rhapsody.
• Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op.43 - Classical Notes.co.uk discussion of the transcription for piano and orchestra, noting the specter of death in the Rhapsody as indicated by the Dies Irae.
• 24th Caprice - Discussion at violinist.com about various composers who have written variations on this theme or on all the Paganini Caprices.
• Variations on a Theme by Paganini [Wariacje ne temat Paganiniego] - Program note at ChesterNovello.com showing the development and explaining the style of the Lutoslawski composition.