{"id":37088,"date":"2023-12-20T12:25:30","date_gmt":"2023-12-20T11:25:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/84d9ab5c-88c6-4a85-83da-257228331536"},"modified":"2023-12-20T12:39:58","modified_gmt":"2023-12-20T11:39:58","slug":"niccolo-paganini-dazzling-italian-virtuoso-and-violin-technique-pioneer","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcmusicmagazine\/rss_feed\/niccolo-paganini-dazzling-italian-virtuoso-and-violin-technique-pioneer\/","title":{"rendered":"Niccol\u00f2 Paganini: dazzling Italian virtuoso and violin technique pioneer"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By BBC Music Magazine\n <\/p>

Published: Wednesday, 20 December 2023 at 11:25 AM<\/p>

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Paganini turned the world of music inside out. Nothing could be taken for granted anymore as he unleashed torrential violinistic outbursts of electrifying virtuosity, designed to bring an audience to a fever pitch of excitement.<\/strong><\/p>

\u2018I never knew that music contained such sounds!\u2019 reported the great German poet Heinrich Rellstab, following Paganini\u2019s 1829 Berlin debut. \u2018He spoke, he wept, he sang! Paganini is the incarnation of desire, scorn, madness and burning pain.\u2019 Berlioz<\/a><\/strong> likened the Italian\u2019s impact to that of a blazing comet, while Goethe fell back exhausted following a performance that \u2018hit me like a meteor, yet I was quite unable to unfathom its mysteries.\u2019<\/p>