Paganini
“I have heard the angels sing” proclaimed Franz Schubert upon hearing music from Niccolo Paganini, composer of 24 violin caprices, Witch’s Dance, Perpetual Motion, the orchestral Concerto in D Major, Carnival of Venice, and La Capanella. . Niccolo Paganini has been called the greatest violin player of all time. He was not only the toast of all Europe, he was a legend in his own time. His fab- ulous command of his instrument was no legend, nor was it legend that no au- dience failed to succumb to a kind of spell in the presence of his musical genius. Not only his playing but his cadaverous appearance on the stage aroused awe and terror. His pale , long face with its hollow cheeks and lips curled into a sardonic smile, the piercing expression of his eyes, fed the rumor that he was the son of the devil. The word spread that the G string of his violin was made from the intestines of a murdered mistress. Despite all of this he was worship- ed wherever he went. Women pursued him, musicians followed him from Paganini’s father raised his son with cruelty a
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Niccolo Paganini, Estate Parma, Cs Ds, Achilles Paganini, Parma Paganini, Guarneri Amati, Paganini Rachmaninoff, Franz Liszt, Europe Eng-, Composers Vol, niccolo paganini, york ny, violin player, copyright 1981, franz liszt, estate parma,
Approximate Word count = 1200
Approximate Pages = 5 (250 words per page double spaced)
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