A Biographical Dictionary of Fiddlers di A. Mason Clarke
Biographical Dictionary of Fiddlers. 1.09
without, however, losing his own peculiar spirit in the allegro. On the completion of his studies he returned to Bohemia and resumed his former position as valet de chambre to Count Waldstein, whom he accompanied on his travels. Eventually he relinquished both his situation and music betaking himself, in 1800, to farming. He was still living in 1816. He composed several concertos for his instrument but they remain in manuscript.
Paganini, Nicolo, born at Genoa, February 18th, 1784, died at Nice, May 27th, 1840, the most extraordinary fiddler of modern times. His father, Antonio Paganini, variously described as a ship broker, mercantile clerk, small tradesman, etc., was a great lover of music, and performed creditably on the mandoline. Having discovered that his son possessed musical talents of uncommon order, he immediately set about to develop them, and young Paganini began to study the violin at the age of six. The combined severity of the father and firm determination of the child to become a great player caused him to practice so incessantly that he soon got beyond the tuition of his father. He was then placed under G. Servetto, the leader of the theatre at Genoa, and two years later was instructed by Giacomo Costa, the principal violinist and conductor in
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Dictionary Fiddlers Bohemia Count Waldstein Nicolo Genoa February Nice May Antonio Paganini Paganini Servetto Genoa Giacomo Costa His The
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