Tartini confessed to having written it on awakening from a dream, in which he had heard his sonata performed by Satan, for his benefit, and in consequence of a bargain made with his infernal majesty.
Tartini je priznao da ju je napisao nakon što se probudio iz sna u kojem je slušao svoju sonatu u izvedbi Sotone radi njegova dobra, a kao posljedicu pogodbe s njegovim paklenim veličanstvom.