A Biographical Dictionary of Fiddlers di A. Mason Clarke
Biographical Dictionary of Fiddlers. 1.09
termination of his own series of concerts, he gave one for the benefit of the poor, and the Mayor of Vienna thereupon presented to Paganini the gold medal of the St. Salvator; the Emperor also conferred upon him the title of chamber virtuoso. After a lengthened stay in Vienna, the great violinist went to Prague, but his reception there was of so cold a nature that he quitted that town with all speed. At Berlin he was received with the same fanatical enthusiasm which he excited in Vienna. During the next three years he visited all the principal towns of Austria, Bohemia, Saxony, Poland, Bavaria, Prussia, and in the Rhenish provinces, with unceasing triumphs. In 1831 he arrived in Paris, and gave his first concert at the Opera-house on the 9th March. The impression he created on this occasion has been described as a " positive and universal frenzy," which was fully maintained during his stay in Paris. In the May following lie proceeded to London, where his arrival had been impatiently awaited. His first appearance, quoting from some of the contemporary accounts, will give some idea of the extraordinary impression created by the man as well as the artist. A Mr. Gardiner, an amateur of Leicester, thus describes what took place.
At the hazard of my ribs I placed
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