A Biographical Dictionary of Fiddlers di A. Mason Clarke
Biographical Dictionary of Fiddlers. 1.09
making known his manner of executing, answered,1 Miocaro, ognumo ha suoi segreti.' (' My dear friend, every one has his secrets.') I am far from disagreeing with you, replied the German violinist, but you may publish yours without any danger ; I promise you they will not be abused. It would occupy too much space to notice all the compositions which form the library Paganini daily increases. Amongst those which he performs on the fourth string, are the Sonate Militaire, the Priere de Moise of which we have already spoken, Haydn's popular hymn, Serba oh dio, Francesco Augusto—Mozart's air, Ncu piu andrai, in which he displays a freedom in bowing not to be imagined—and Weigl's air, Pria che Vimpegno, where, amongst a thousand other surprising things, he plays interrupted octaves with such rapidity that they might be imagined double notes; some have indeed fancied that he produced two sounds at the same time from one string." Paganini revisited England in the following season, playing his farewell concert at the Victoria Theatre, London, June 17th, 1832. He then returned to Paris, and remained there two years. During this period the great violinist made a request to Berlioz, with whom he was on terms of great friendship, to write a concerto for his Stradivarius viola, which re-
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Dictionary Fiddlers Miocaro German Paganini Sonate Militaire Priere Moise Haydn Serba Francesco Augusto Ncu Weigl Pria Vimpegno Paganini England Victoria Theatre London June Paris Berlioz Stradivarius Mozart During
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