Author: Stephen Samuel StrattonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
... Nicolo Paganini
Author: Stephen Samuel StrattonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
Paganini
Author: Maiko KawabataPublisher: Boydell Press
ISBN: 1843837560
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
"Our inherited image of Nicolo Paganini as a 'demonic violinist' has never been analysed in depth. What really made him 'demonic'? In fact, the many perceptions of Paganini as demonic - Faust, magician, devil, rake/libertine, Napoleon - were inter-related but not equivalent. This book investigates the legend of Paganini: separating fact from fiction, it explains how the legendary violinist challenged the very notion of what it meant to be a musician. An understanding of his violin techniques and musical ethos goes some way towards meeting this aim, beyond which an exploration of the wider cultural context is also presented. This book considers Paganini's performance innovations in the light of contemporary attitudes towards music and the supernatural, gender, sexuality, violence, heroism, masculinity, as well conceptions of power. A swirl of cultural factors coalesced in the performer to create that phenomenon of Romanticism, a larger-than- life Gothic villain. Because the mythology surrounding the violinist outlived and outgrew the man to monstrous proportions, so too did the idea of virtuosity inflate out of control, acquiring a potent, overwhelmingly negative aura in the process. An appendix brings together late nineteenth-century British press and literature coverage of Paganini that contributed to the developing myth surrounding the now famous composer and performer."--Publisher's description.
Nicolo Paganini
Author: Jacques-Gabriel Prod'hommePublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 98
Book Description
Nicolo Paganini
Author: Francois-Joseph FetisPublisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486316572
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 114
Book Description
Written by an important musicologist, this rare 1860 monograph analyzes Paganini's compositions and provides a fascinating history of the violin. Firsthand accounts of the virtuoso's playing and personality form a valuable historical resource.
Biographical Notice of Nicolo Paganini, Followed by an Analysis of His Compositions, and Preceded by a Sketch of the History of the Violin ... Translated by Wellington Guernsey
Author: François Joseph FETISPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 80
Book Description
Dark Fiddler
Author: Aaron FrischPublisher: The Creative Company
ISBN: 9781568462004
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
An old gravedigger recites the story of Nicolo Paganini, the 18th-century Italian violinist whose extraordinary skills and eerie stage presence made him a musical legend.
Caprices and etudes for solo violin
Author: Nicolò PaganiniPublisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486278832
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 129
Book Description
Paganini and Wieniawski were among the 19th century's most famous violin virtuosos and composed some of the solo violin repertoire's most treasured works. Here, in one large-format playing edition, are Paganini's innovative Caprices and Wieniawski's much-admired collections, L'Ecole Moderne and Etudes Caprices. The three scores offer hours of rigorous practice and rehearsal.
Nicolo Paganini
Author: Stephen Samuel StrattonPublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 266
Book Description
The author of this work did not live to see the final sheets in print. Although it has not received his revision, yet the book has had careful editing. Mr. Stratton did not undertake the Life of Paganini without adequate preparation. He had during many years thoughtfully studied the artist and his attributes, and became an acknowledged authority on the subject. He gathered from all available sources the most reliable information. Almost his last journey was a pilgrimage to Paganini's birthplace. This volume will exhibit his versatility, particularly the chapter giving the analyses of Paganini's compositions. It is therefore the most complete account of the greatest virtuoso recorded in the annals of music. Those who peruse this most interesting biography of Paganini, will naturally desire to learn something of the writer.
Biographical notice of Nicolo Paganini
Author: François-Joseph FétisPublisher: London : Schott
ISBN:
Category : Violin
Languages : en
Pages : 82
Book Description
Paganini's Ghost
Author: Paul AdamPublisher: Minotaur Books
ISBN: 1429983655
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
Paganini – showman, womanizer, dazzling virtuoso – is one of the most charismatic characters in the history of classical music. His violin, il Cannone (the Cannon), is now kept in Genoa, Italy, where it is played only once every two years in a sold-out concert by the winner of an international competition. This year, though, a Parisian art dealer is found dead in his hotel room the day after the concert. In his wallet is a scrap of sheet music, torn from a page that belongs to the competition's winner. But how did the dead man get hold of it? And why? Detective Antonio Guastafeste asks violin maker Gianni Castiglione to help him navigate the curious world of classical musicians, their priceless instruments, and the unsavory dealers who prey upon them. Together, Antonio and Gianni must unravel another mystery that has gone unanswered for over a century, one that may hold the answer to the modern-day murder. Filled with remarkable history and musical lore, Paganini's Ghost plays at a breathtaking tempo that will keep you reading until the very last page.