A Biographical Dictionary of Fiddlers di A. Mason Clarke
Biographical Dictionary of Fiddlers. 1.09
—whilst his bow sustains an enchanting melody, the fingers, by a varied and arpeggio accompaniment, produce sometimes a base, sometimes a complete harmony. The astonishing commingling of the arpeggios with the sounds drawn by the bow, excites the admiration of the greatest masters. He generally ends by a crowd of arpeggios, the incredible velocity of which, and the active and vehement rapidity of his bow, put him quite out of breath.—In a letter dated from London in 1831, Paganini complains of the excessive and noisy admiration to which he was subjected in the streets of London, which left him no peace and actually blocked his passage to and from the theatre. " Although the public curiosity to see me," says he, " is long since satisfied ; though I have played in public at least thirty times, and my likeness has been reproduced in all possible styles and forms, yet I can never leave my home without being mobbed by people who are not content with following and jostling me, but actually get in front of me, and prevent my going either way, address me in English of which I don't know a word, and even feel me as if to find out if I am made of flesh and blood. And this is not only among the common people but among the upper classes."
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