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	nicolo paganini & ancient roman creation beliefs
		another reason that people claimed paganini to be of a sinister nature was due to the frequent appearance of his secretary harris who was thought to be a mephistopheles watching over his faust.
		paganini denied any association with the devil and, in fact, told of an angelic visitation to his mother foretelling of his birth and genius.
		paganini was born in genoa in 1782 and was first taught the violin by his father, an amateur, and then by a violinist in the theatre orchestra and by giacomo costa.
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	Legendary Violinists. Niccolo Paganini
		Paganini was retained as 2nd violinist, and then was made solo court violinist (1807).
		Paganini's artistic fortunes began to decline in 1834; his long-precarious health was ruined, but he had managed to retain his fame and considerable wealth.
		Paganini's stupendous technique, power, and control, as well as his romantic passion and intense energy, made him the marvel of his time.
	www.thirteen.org /publicarts/violin/paganini.html (892 words)

	Niccolò Paganini - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Niccolò Paganini was born in Genoa, Italy on 27 October, 1782, to Antonio and Teresa (née Bocciardo) Paganini.
		According to his biographer, Peter Lichtenthal, Paganini first learnt to play the mandolin (from his father) at the age of five, and quickly moved to the violin by the age of seven, and began composing before he turned eight.
		Though Paganini's composition was not considered truly polyphonic (Eugène Ysaÿe once criticised, that the solo/instrumental accompaniment to Paganini's music was too "guitar like", lacking any character of polyphonism), he expanded the timbre and colour of the instrument to levels previously unknown.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Niccol%c3%b2_Paganini (1378 words)

	NICOLO PAGANINI - LoveToKnow Article on NICOLO PAGANINI (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		His will left a fortune of 80,000 to his son Achillino; and he bequeathed one of his violins, a fine Joseph Guarnerius, given him in early life by a kind French merchant, to the municipality of Genoa, who preserve it as one of their treasures.
		Paganini's style was impressive and passionate to the last degree.
		PAGANINI, NICOLO (1784-1840), Italian virtuoso on the violin, was born at Genoa on the i8th of February 1784.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /P/PA/PAGANINI_NICOLO.htm (1469 words)

	Paganini
		Paganini's popular reputation always rested on his phenomenal technique as a violinist coupled with a showman's ability to dominate the audience and to stupefy those who heard him with astonishing feats of virtuosity.
		Nevertheless, Paganini was different from most as he almost certainly embellished these works with technical difficulties of his own devising; this was certainly true when he performed Kreutzer's Double violin concerto in F with the French virtuoso Lafont in 1816.
		Paganini himself was not above stating the wonder of his brilliant new style, as in 1818 he had been quoted as saying "...there emanates from my playing a certain magic which I cannot describe to you".
	www.davecamwell.8k.com /paganini.html (1607 words)

	Paganini Etudes (1851), (incl. La Campanella) - Liszt Free MP3
		The first paganini etude is based on Paganini's violin caprice no. 6 (though the scales of the introduction and ending are derived from caprice no. 5).
		The third paganini etude is not based on one of Paganini's caprices, but (similarly to the "Clochette fantasy") on his second violin concerto.
		Paganini's original constitutes of an arpeggio exercise, and Liszt - in his youthful eagerness to stretch the boundaries of piano technique, produced an extremely difficult transcription (1838) where each hand has to handle two arpeggios simultaneously.
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	Kinski Paganini
		During the overpower performance of Paganini's music we relive, through the unchecked mind of the demonical virtuoso, the main episodes of his damned life that was continually dominated by his three great passions: the violin, women and money.
		His attitude is exactly the same as that of Paganini, who didn't care whether he played before an audience of drunkards or before the king.
		Paganini and women, his numerous women: a tumultous, intense and extreme relationship.
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	Niccolo Paganini Biography / Biography of Niccolo Paganini Biography Biography
		The Italian violinist and composer Niccolo Paganini (1782-1840) inaugurated the century of the virtuoso and was its brightest star.
		Paganini's career was checkered: gambling, love affairs, rumors of his being in league with the devil, and rumors of imprisonment, which he frequently denied in letters to the press.
		In 1816 Paganini appeared in a "contest" in Milan with Charles Philippe Lafont and later remarked, "Lafont probably surpassed me in tone but the applause which followed my efforts convinced me that I did not suffer by comparison." Paganini's success in Vienna in 1828 led to a cult in which everything was a la Paganini.
	www.bookrags.com /biography-niccolo-paganini (634 words)

	Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini is a piece of classical music for orchestra and solo piano by Sergei Rachmaninoff.
		The piece is a set of 24 variations on the twenty-fourth and last of Niccolo Paganini's Caprices for solo violin.
		The piece is one of several by Rachmaninoff to quote the Dies Irae plainchant melody (it has been suggested that this is a reference to the legend that Paganini sold his soul to the Devil in exchange for his violin-playing skills and the love of a woman).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Rhapsody_on_a_Theme_of_Paganini (372 words)

	Niccolo Paganini
		Paganini's technique was outstanding and unusual, but it was his satanic bearing which caused great crowds to attend his concerts.
		Paganini, on the other hand, would boldly walk onto the stage, shake back his long fl hair, place his violin under his chin, and begin to play without the aid of music.
		Paganini's innovations were recognized as early as 1829 by the German violinist Guhr.
	www.brick.net /~jill/music/paganini.html (1115 words)

	Find A Grave - Millions of Cemetery Records and Online Memorials
		Antonio Paganini was a mediocre mandolin player who forced his son to practice long hours.
		Paganini's demonic reputation became so widespread that his talent was often attributed to the belief that he had help from the devil.
		Since Paganini had refused the final sacrament, he could not be buried.
	www.findagrave.com /cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=3565 (268 words)

	AllRefer.com - NiccolO Paganini (Music: History, Composers, And Performers, Biography) - Encyclopedia
		He extended the compass of the violin by his use of harmonics, perfected the use of double and triple stops, and revived the practice of scordatura, the diverse tunings of the strings.
		Paganini made his debut as a child prodigy in 1793 at Genoa, his birthplace.
		Paganini composed numerous pieces, most of them bravura variations for violin.
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	Nicolo
		This portrait of Nicolò Paganini by the French artist Jean-August-Dominique Ingres was drawn in pencil in 1819.
		Nicolo Paganini was born in Genoa, Italy, Oct 27, 1782.
		In performance Paganini enjoyed playing tricks, like tuning one of his strings a semitone high, or playing the majority of a piece on one string after breaking the other three.
	www.paganini.com /nicolo/nicindex.htm (761 words)

	Paganini, Nicolò (1782 - 1840) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		Paganini was the greatest violinist of his age, exercising a strong influence on the developing technique of violin-playing and, through his virtuosity on the instrument, on the ambitions of performers on other instruments.
		Paganini wrote a number of works for violin and orchestra for his own concert use.
		Paganini's Twenty-Four Caprices for unaccompanied violin provide a compendium of violin technique and vehicles for dazzling virtuoso display.
	www.hnh.com /composer/paganini.htm (301 words)

	Niccolò Paganini -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		Niccolò Paganini, (Genoa, October 27, 1782 – May 27, 1840 in Nice) was a (A musician who plays the violin) violinist and (Someone who composes music as a profession) composer.
		Paganini was born in (A seaport in northwestern Italy; provincial capital of Liguria) Genoa, (A republic in southern Europe on the Italian Peninsula; was the core of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire between the 4th century BC and the 5th century AD) Italy.
		In his early teens he studied under Alessandro Rollo and Ghiretti, but he could not cope well with his success: at the age of 19 he was gambling and drinking.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/n/ni/niccol%f2_paganini.htm (799 words)

	Niccolo Paganini by Jacob Joyce (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		Niccolo Paganini, greatest violinist of his time, born on October 27, 1782 in Genoa, a city on the coast of the Tyrrhenian Sea.
		Niccolo Paganini, master violinist and composer, was born on October 27, 1782 in Genoa, a city on the coastline of northern Italy.
		Anonymous, History of Paganini and the 24 Caprices, www.pd.net/yngwie/music/paganini.html, Paganini, December 15, 2001.
	www-personal.umich.edu /~jjoyce/jdj/Paganini.html (781 words)

	EugeneFodor.com [ Violin Soloist { Background Paper on a Gala Evening with Paganini's Violin } ] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		Born October 27, 1782 in Genoa, Italy; Died in Nice, France May 27, 1840, Nicolo Paganini was perhaps the most dazzling violinist of all time and one of the greatest legends of the musical world, composing the landmark 24 Caprices for Violin, 6 Violin Concertos, and hundreds of smaller works.
		It was given to the young Paganini by a General Pino and remained Paganini's only concert instrument for the rest of his life.
		Paganini is widely credited as the first player to draw attention to the unique qualities of del Gesu violins and this is the viol which established their present reputation.
	www.eugenefodor.com /background-paganini.html (553 words)

	Paganini - A Passion for Quality
		Paganini is a premier provider of Italian-style ice cream and select desserts supplying food service distributors, hotels, restaurants, and retail outlets with a varied and innovative selection of products, which consistently exceed expectations.
		Paganini, a family owned business, was founded by Tomas Murphy in 1990 as an additional enterprise on his dairy farm.
		Paganini has also created a celebration kit (patent-pending), which is an extension of the celebration cake that enables the purchaser to personalize the cake in their own home, using a tube of icing supplied as part of the kit.
	www.paganini.ie /about_us.html (534 words)

	Niccolo Paganini (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		Niccolò Paganini — widely considered the greatest violinist of all time — was born in Genoa on 27 October 1782.
		Antonio Paganini was rapidly realizing his dream, but far from relenting his despotic rule over his son, increased it with the hope of bringing his vision sooner to fruition.
		In 1795, Paganini - then thirteen years old - gave a performance at a theatre in Genoa that was so phenomenal that he was henceforth known as the “wonder-child.” His father decided to take him to greater teachers.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/violin_composers/66783 (583 words)

	Classical Notes - Niccolo Paganini's "Caprices", Classical Classics, Peter Gutmann
		Paganini, though, was worshipped hysterically, rewarded with fabulous wealth and still is remembered in awe.
		Paganini, though, managed not only to astound but impress all the most respected musicians of his time, including Rossini, Schubert, Chopin and Schumann, who understood that his unprecedented skills vastly expanded the resources available to even the most serious composers.
		Paganini published some surprisingly nondescript guitar sonatas and quartets, which he apparently aimed toward amateurs and had no interest in performing himself.
	www.classicalnotes.net /classics/paganini.html (1607 words)

	Paganini
		Niccolo Paganini was born in Genoa on 27th October, 1782.
		His natural aptitude for violin became apparent at an early age, and he had his first lessons on the instrument from his father, who was in the shipping trade but was an accomplished performer on the mandoline.
		As we have seen, only a handful of Paganini's compositions were published during his lifetime; of those that were, the twenty-four Caprices, Op.
	yngwie.org /music/Paganini.html (467 words)

	Nicolo Paganini
		The certificate of baptism, written in Latin, is not clear on this point and Paganini himself signed his name with both spellings according to mood.
		Paganini was something of a miser and very keen on money.
		Those who saw them said that they were no larger than the average and that he was able to extend their reach thanks to the elasticity in all their parts.
	www.ppmusic.com /music/comp07.htm (664 words)

	Niccolò Paganini - Erlange's MIDI (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		In my personal opinion, I would love Salvatore Accardo performing Paganini's violin concerti, but after hearing Szeryng and Grumiaux performing the concerto n.3 and.4 makes this recording equally indispensable.
		He could play with demonic speed yet still maintain total control to show that technical wizardry combined with artistic mastery defines the highest limitations of the violin.
		His interpretation of Paganini's concerti is beyond compare.
	www.geocities.com /Broadway/Alley/2270/Paganini.htm (273 words)

	Discount Paganini: Violin Concertos, Niccolo Paganini CD CD - FindUsedCDs.com - Compare Music CD Prices. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		Amazon Review - Paganini: Violin Concertos, Niccolo Paganini CD Nicolo Paganini is primarily a virtuoso composer who did not compose anything other than for the violin in the early 19th century.
		Despite working often with various Baroque styles, Salvatore Accardo is primarily a specialist at Paganini and the Italian Romantic period and this is the main reason this recording is one of the best you can obtain for Paganini.
		Acardo and Dutoit were therefore a perfect match in performing Paganini and this ablum is a great example along with their other collaborations for the composer available on single CD.
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	Celebrities/paganini stories myths
		He was a contemporary and acquaintance of Paganini's, as well as himself a violinist, conductor, and manager of a theater in Frankfurt.
		He states that Paganini would select G-strings of different thicknesses, choosing one of medium thickness if it was to be tuned to G and finer if ihe intended to tune it to A-flat or B-flat.
		When Paganini's son arrived in Genoa with his father's body, they were denied entrance to the city, and the corpse languished for months in a pesthouse before it was finally buried.
	tafkac.org /celebrities/paganini_stories_myths.html (1840 words)

	WNYC - Evening Music with Margaret Juntwait: Paganini's Caprice (July 11, 2004)
		Nicola Paganini’s “Caprice no. 24 in a” has inspired generations of composers to write their own variations.
		Nicola Paganini was one of the first superstars of the concert stage, inspiring crowds and inflaming critics everywhere he performed.
		It’s no surprise that Franz Liszt found a kindred soul in Paganini (being a superstar performer himself); he wrote his own variations on the theme from this work, as did Brahms.
	www.wnyc.org /shows/eveningmusic_s/episodes/07112004 (333 words)

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