8 amazing facts about the legendary Devil's Fiddler

longshoreman's son Niccolo Paganini not only managed to become famous throughout the world - his playing the violin was so masterly that this gave rise to rumors of an incredible violinist made a pact with the devil, but rather on the strings his tortured gut strung violin zhenschiny.Paganini they really played well, it would seem, it is beyond human abilities, his success with women was astounding, and his person was surrounded by an aura of mystery. The site tells interesting facts from the biography of Fiddler devil.

The path to glory Paganini was unobstructed. Since childhood, he had to endure the tyranny of his father, who forced him to play music all day, not allowing to go out. from lack of oxygen, and excessive traffic loads boy who fell into a cataleptic. The parents found him dead and almost buried. After an illness he left lessons, and soon the fame of talented violinist has gone far beyond Genoa. At 8 years of age Paganini wrote a violin sonata and some difficult variations. At a young age, he created most of his famous Capriccio, which still remains a unique phenomenon of musical culture. The violin virtuoso Paganini was real. Quickly mastering traditional techniques, he began to experiment with imitating birdsong and human laughter, the sound of the flute, trumpet, horn, mooing cows, apply a variety of sound effects. At age 19, he suffered the first and only true love to a woman whose name he never called. Their romance did not last long, but left an imprint on his entire life. Since then, he felt constant loneliness, despite the many love affairs. One day Paganini made a bet that he could conduct the orchestra with the help of a violin, which will only two strings. He managed not only to win a bet, but also to impress Napoleon's sister Elisa Bonaparte - impressionable Corsican delight lost consciousness. It was the beginning of their romance. Playing on two strings did not redistribution of opportunities Paganini: the birthday of Napoleon, he surpassed himself, playing on one string. For Elise violinist quickly he lost interest and became interested in the other's sister Pauline Borghese Bonaparte. Their relationship was as short-lived. Just as easily as women, Paganini conquered the city and the country. He applauded in Italy, Austria, Germany, France, England, Ireland. Wherever he appeared, he immediately occurred anecdotes that created rumors. Heinrich Heine wrote about it in "Florentine Nights": "Yes, my friend, it is true that everything about him say - that when Paganini was Kapellmeister in Lucca, he fell in love with a theatrical diva, jealous of it to some insignificant Abbot, maybe become a cuckold, and then, on the good Italian tradition, stabbed his unfaithful lover, was in Genoa at hard labor and sold itself, finally, the devil, in order to become the best violinist in the world. " After the concert in Vienna, one of the students claimed that he saw the musician behind was the devil, and led by his hand with a bow. Reporters picked up the news and reported it quite seriously. Numerous ugly caricatures portrayed in the newspapers described as a greedy, mean and petty man envious enemies They gave forth about it absurd rumors. Notorious accompanied him everywhere and always. After the death of Bishop Paganini Nice accused him of heresy and forbade church burial of his remains. The burial took place after 56 years after his death, and witnesses claimed that his body all this time remained incorruptible, and from the grave sounds of the violin. So even after the death of the brilliant violinist, he remained the subject of rumors and legends.

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