A Biographical Dictionary of Fiddlers di A. Mason Clarke
Biographical Dictionary of Fiddlers. 1.09
In 1804 Paganini returned to Genoa and public life, composing, teaching, and concert giving with great success.
The following year Paganini was appointed director of music and conductor of the opera orchestra at Lucca; and it is said that it was at the numerous concerts given at Lucca during his sojourn there, that the great violinist first elaborated many of those curious effects, such as performances on one string, harmonic, and pizzicato passages, which afterwards rendered him so famous.
Paganini was ever averse to the trammels of regular engagements, but chose rather to seek his fortune in the indulgence of a roving life.
About this period our artist devoted much of his time to composition. He was then twenty years of age, and wrote in his native town tour grand quartets for violin, tenor, 'cello, and guitar, also variations for violin, on an original theme, with guitar accompaniment. He also at this period gave lessons to a young girl of Genoa, Catarina Calcagno, born therein 1797, who when only fifteen years of age astonished Italy by her wonderful performances. This young girl continued her artistic career until the year 1816, after which all trace of her appears to be lost. In 1805 Paganini, having secured the patronage of the Princess Eliza, sister of Napoleon,
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