paganini

     

Viola Countess of Flaners 1582 da Salò-di Bertolotti Mendelssohn 1731 Stradivari Cello Piatti 1700 Goffriller Stanlein 1707 Stradivari Ladenburg 1736 Stradivari Guitar Grobert of Mirecourt 1820

Trivia about paganini

  • The "Napoleon Sonata" by this 19th century violin virtuoso was written to be played on one string
  • This Genoa-born violin virtuoso had many female fans, including Napoleon's sister Elisa
  • Liszt's "La Clochette Fantasy" is a difficult piano piece based on this violinist's difficult B minor concerto
  • In 1831 Liszt heard him play violin & tried to re-create that virtuosity for piano with a fantasia