A Biographical Dictionary of Fiddlers di A. Mason Clarke
Biographical Dictionary of Fiddlers. 1.09
myself at the Opera door, two hours and a half before the concert began; presently the crowd ofmusicians filled the colonnade to suffocation, all anxious to get the front seat, because they had to pay for their places, Paganini not giving a single ticket away. The concert opened with Beethoven's Second Symphony, admirably performed by the Philharmonic band; after which Lablanche sang ' Largo al Factotum' with much applause, and was encored.
A breathless silence then ensued, and every eye watched the action of this extraordinary violinist, as he glided from the side scenes to the front of the stage. An involuntary cheering burst from every part of the house, many persons rising from their seats to view the spectre during the thunder of this unprecedented applause, his gaunt and extraordinary appearance being more like that of a devotee about to suffer martyrdom than one to delight you with his art. With the tip of his bow he set off the orchestra in a grand military movement, with a force and vivacity as surprising as it was new. At the termination of this introduction, he commenced with a soft, streamy note of celestial quality; and with three or four whips of his bow, elicited points of sound that mounted to the third heaven, and as bright as stars....
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