A Biographical Dictionary of Fiddlers di A. Mason Clarke
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play sometimes for months together. His tone therefore, is weak, but in other respects his play is pure, spirited and full of expression."
In June 1830 Paganini came to Cassel and gave two concerts in the theatre, which I heard with great interest. His left hand, and his constantly pure intonation were to me astonishing. But in his compositions and his execution I found a strange mixture of the highly genial and childishly tasteless, by which one felt alternately charmed and disappointed, so that the impression left as a whole was, after frequent hearing, by no means satisfactory to me. As his visit took place just on Whitsunday, I took him the next day to Wilhelmshohe, where he dined with me, and was very lively, indeed somewhat extravagantly so.
Ole Bull has lately given two concerts at the theatre and greatly charmed the public. His many toned strokes and the accurate certainty of the left hand are remarkable, but like Paganini, he sacrifices too much to the tricks of the art. His tone on the weak strings is bad, and he can only use the A and D string on the lower part and pianissimo. This gives to his play a great monotony when he cannot bring in his tricks of art.
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