A Biographical Dictionary of Fiddlers di A. Mason Clarke
Biographical Dictionary of Fiddlers. 1.09
stupidity, and were generally greeted outside their town with a loud hee-haw. Hence, the audience, at Paganini's concert, considered they had been greatly insulted. He was never heard again at Ferrara. About the year 1813 his position at the Court came to a sudden termination. It appears that on a certain occasion, Paganini appeared in the orchestra of a concert preceding a ball in his uniform of captain of the royal gendarmerie, which, as a privilege, he was allowed to wear. On this occasion, however, he was requested to replace the uniform for plain evening dress, but this he refused to do, and in the result was dismissed from his position. In the year 1813 Paganini composed his celebrated variations " Le Streghe " (The Witches). This is taken from a ballet by Siissmayer, called " II Noce di Benevento." He played this piece for the first time at La Scala theatre, and excited unbounded enthusiasm, and he ever afterwards entertained a great liking for Milan. He not only resided there during the greater part of 1813, but nearly the whole of 1814. In the month of October of that year he went to Bologna, and made the acquaintance of Rossini, which subsequently ripened into friendship. In 1816, occurred his musical duel with Lafont the famous French violinist.
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