Paganini

Overview

Niccolò Paganini (1782–1840), Italian violin virtuoso and composer (Mon Journal t.15 p.204, t.16 p.78: «Paganini (Niccolo), violoniste»; en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niccolò_Paganini).

Relevance to Marie

Stub replaced. Dates from Wikipedia as cited. In 098.0548 Marie is describing an evening of music-making with 'ces communards… ces méridionaux'; the man who said the name is not identified here.

References in Diary

In March 1883 a southerner of Marie's circle says «Paganini» about a piece of music, though, she remarks, he had never heard or seen him (098.0548). In November 1883, studying Chopin and Liszt, she writes «voilà Paganini. Voilà des hommes qui ont empoigné leur monde» (102.0252).