A Biographical Dictionary of Fiddlers di A. Mason Clarke
Biographical Dictionary of Fiddlers. 1.09
pianissimo. Sometimes too in the midst of a volata, he unexpectedly introduces a note in the harmonics, and instantly resumes the original position. Those who are initiated in the mysteries of the harmonics, will understand the daring and address of this innovation. Paganini makes sport of that which to the greatest violinists is the ne-plus-ultra of difficulty. Thus in double stopping he executes with more ease and certainty than they do on the single string. He even performs it with equal facility in all positions. In a concerto of Kreutzer's he introduced a duetto cantabile, the whole of which he double stopped. No one that we are aware of had yet succeeded in producing a succession of chords in three simultaneous parts. Paganini employs these on organ points, in the most rapid movements and one hears a multitude of the most complicated dissonance, which nevertheless are correct as to harmony and intense in effect. Paganini, always admirable, is never more so than when he dispenses with the support of the orchestra, and is heard without the accompaniment of any other instrument. It is then he manifests all the power of his miraculous hand, and all the wonders of that polyphonic performance of which he alone possesses the secret. He should be heard when playing on the four strings
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